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how teaching children about gender could help reduce sexism

  • Written by: Pani Farvid, Senior Lecturer, Psychology, Auckland University of Technology
how teaching children about gender could help reduce sexismResearch has shown that gender is not biological but a product of culture.from www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-SA

In the wake of the #MeToo movement, addressing gender inequality in New Zealand remains a challenge. As the first country to grant women the vote, we have a long way to go to until there’s genuine equality across all genders.

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Backlash and gender fatigue. Why progress on gender equality has slowed

  • Written by: Sue Williamson, Senior Lecturer, Human Resource Management, UNSW Canberra, UNSW
Backlash and gender fatigue. Why progress on gender equality has slowedPink pussy hats are out at International Women's Day events, but they are facing opposition.Mark Dixon/Wikimedia, CC BY

We are in the midst of an outpouring of feminist activism kicked off by the pink pussy hat movement in the United States and propelled by #MeToo, which has spread to Australia where a range of luminaries have been named as...

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Next government must find Australia's place in a turbulent and rapidly changing world

  • Written by: Susan Harris Rimmer, Australian Research Council Future Fellow, Griffith Law School, Griffith University

This is part of a major series called Advancing Australia, in which leading academics examine the key issues facing Australia in the lead-up to the 2019 federal election and beyond. Read the other pieces in the series here.


The 2019 federal election, like most before it, is unlikely to be won or lost on foreign policy. Yet diplomacy is increasingly...

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A Man of Good Hope is no tale of triumph over adversity, but it is the story of many

  • Written by: William Peterson, Associate Professor, Flinders University
A Man of Good Hope is no tale of triumph over adversity, but it is the story of manyA Man of Good Hope is a theatrical adaptation of the book of the same name, playing as part of this year's Adelaide Festival.Keith Pattison

Review: A Man of Good Hope, Adelaide Festival


In a world where so many are escaping brutality, war, persecution, and loss of land, is it possible to tell the story of just one displaced person, and in so doing,...

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  1. Community members should be able to sponsor refugees for the right reasons, not to save the government money
  2. Why women in economics have little to celebrate
  3. Mark Latham in the upper house? A Coalition minority government? The NSW election is nearly upon us and it's going to be a wild ride
  4. After years of vicious culture wars, hope may yet triumph over hate in Australian politics
  5. A second vote is the only way out of the Brexit mess
  6. Welcome Asterix, Obelix and Yoda! Finding fun in the serious matter of discovering insects
  7. #MeToo has changed the media landscape, but in Australia there is still much to be done
  8. Gender equity. The way things are going, we won't reach true parity until the 22nd century
  9. My CV is gender biased. Here's what I plan to do about it
  10. Australia needs a national plan to face the growing threat of climate disasters
  11. Women in STEM need your support – and Australia needs women in STEM
  12. No matter who wins the next election, managing the China relationship will be tricky – and vital
  13. do we need to worry about glyphosate in our beer and wine?
  14. the revival of strikes in New Zealand
  15. the old ones no longer fit once you move to the country
  16. rebooting the idea of 'civilisation' for Australian soil
  17. Josh Frydenberg has a great job at the worst time
  18. leading lessons from Manchester United's caretaker manager
  19. Remember Blockbuster, Nirvana and pagers? The new Captain Marvel lives in the 1990s
  20. Māori and Pasifika leaders report racism in government health advisory groups
  21. In Stephen Sewell's charming Arbus and West, feminism boils to the surface
  22. Acting on gender-based violence must be a priority for the next federal government
  23. The dingo is a true-blue, native Australian species
  24. Australia's sudden ultra-low economic growth ought not to have come as surprise
  25. Don’t ban Michael Jackson's music – talk about the accusations
  26. National Redress Scheme for child sexual abuse protects institutions at the expense of justice for survivors
  27. Introducing gender lens investing. It's more than pink-washing
  28. New Zealand’s proposed capital gains tax could nudge taxpayers to invest in art instead of property
  29. why do we actually need them and can they get it 'wrong'?
  30. What pill is that? Cheap and easy pill testing could soon be in your own hands
  31. Five gifs that explain how pumped hydro actually works
  32. What if we've had gender the wrong way around? What if, for workplace parity, we focused on men?
  33. Australia should start planning for universal tertiary education
  34. Hollywood may be able to afford #MeToo, but it’s a stretch for the Australian arts
  35. Future budgets are going to have to spend more on welfare, which is fine. It's spending on us
  36. Reality check. Having a woman on your board needn't make it diverse
  37. older women have their say about the challenges of life in a city like Melbourne
  38. Rising seas allow coastal wetlands to store more carbon
  39. Eat your vegetables – studies show plant-based diets are good for immunity
  40. We need more than a website to stop Australians paying exorbitant out-of-pocket health costs
  41. Where did you grow up? How strontium in your teeth can help answer that question
  42. startling theatre and a call to the dead to speak
  43. Fingerprint and face scanners aren’t as secure as we think they are
  44. The Heights - at last, a credible Australian working-class soap
  45. Marriage equality was momentous, but there is still much to do to progress LGBTI+ rights in Australia
  46. Addressing the crisis in arts criticism
  47. What the next government needs to do to tackle unfairness in school funding
  48. Media companies on notice over traumatised journalists after landmark court decision
  49. A noisy, passionate show from an artist in a hurry, Quilty has just one emotional pitch
  50. Students don't feel safe on public transport but many have no choice but to use it

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