Yes,sometimes women are sexist too. Let’s look a little deeper

Yes,sometimes women are sexist too. Let’s look a little deeper

If you believe,as I do,that women are no more or less inherently cruel to women than people of other genders,what is going on?

  • byJamila Rizvi

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Catholic schools to roll out training to fight racism,sexual harassment

Catholic schools to roll out training to fight racism,sexual harassment

Culture training to tackle racism and gendered violence will be delivered to seven schools across the state after reports of disrespect to women and anti-Semitic behaviour.

  • byWendy Tuohy
Full disclosure:The shake-up about to hit corporate Australia

Full disclosure:The shake-up about to hit corporate Australia

The federal government is preparing to release new guidelines around the use of controversial non-disclosure agreements,which companies have been using to silence victims of sexual harassment.

  • byAnne Hyland
‘No less challenging’ today for women than in the 80s:Sussan Ley

‘No less challenging’ today for women than in the 80s:Sussan Ley

Sussan Ley faced rampant sexism when she was trying to become a commercial pilot in the 1980s. But she says it is “no less challenging” for women in the workplace today.

  • byAnthony Galloway
PM needs to address sexism in paid parental leave scheme

PM needs to address sexism in paid parental leave scheme

It’s time for Anthony Albanese to do something about a scheme that gives families with female breadwinners and stay-at-home dads nothing.

  • byRoshena Campbell
A US soccer player was called in for a video review. She was shown porn instead

A US soccer player was called in for a video review. She was shown porn instead

A year-long investigation found US Soccer executives,National Women’s Soccer League owners and coaches at all levels had turned a blind eye toward years of reports of abuse.

  • byKevin Draper
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Predatory behaviour exposed at Antarctic research centre

Predatory behaviour exposed at Antarctic research centre

Australian women sent to work at the Antarctic stations often face a predatory culture,including unwanted requests for sex,insults and displays of offensive pornography,according to an external review.

  • byCaroline Schelle
Women in science not lifted by decade of investment
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Women in science not lifted by decade of investment

The government’s Women in STEM ambassador says the key issue is ‘lack of respect for women,and discrimination and harassment in the workplace’.

  • byLiam Mannix
Number of women in power at top companies decreased in past year

Number of women in power at top companies decreased in past year

At the current rate of progression,data trends suggest it will take 100 years for women to reach 40 per cent of ASX 300 chief executive positions.

  • byWendy Tuohy
Dozens charged in China after restaurant attack on women goes viral

Dozens charged in China after restaurant attack on women goes viral

A group of men attacked four women after one of them had his advances rebuffed. Now they and police are under investigation.

Entitlement to women’s bodies is an ‘unnamed presence’ in sexual assault cases

Entitlement to women’s bodies is an ‘unnamed presence’ in sexual assault cases

At sentencing hearings for sexual assault offenders,as well the accused and the victim,prosecutor Katrina Marson often senses a powerful,though invisible,presence.

  • byWendy Tuohy