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Iceland elects female-majority parliament

Iceland has elected a female-majority parliament, a landmark for gender equality in the North Atlantic island nation.

YWCA Canberra welcomes homelessness funding boost

Ahead of the 2021-22 ACT Budget on 6 October, the ACT Government has announced a $26 million package to support the most vulnerable in the Canberra community during the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak...

Suffragette’s dilapidated grave a source of inspiration

At a time when wage inequality and women's safety must dishearteningly remain a hot topic in Australia, a long-forgotten, partially-sunken grave might prove a timely source of inspiration for perseverance.

Taliban moral police replace women ministry

Workers in the Afghan capital Kabul have replaced signs for the country's women's ministry with those for the Taliban's moral police as female former employees of the department say they have been locked out of the building.

Taliban to segregate university classes for women

Women in Afghanistan can continue to study in universities, including at post-graduate levels, but classrooms will be gender-segregated and Islamic dress is compulsory, the higher education minister in the new Taliban government has said.

Raducanu wins US Open women’s title

Emma Raducanu has completed her New York fairytale and one of the most astonishing feats in sport by beating Leylah Fernandez to win the US Open.

Summit fails to deliver Women’s Safety, Labor claims

The Prime Minister gave the keynote address at the Women’s Safety Summit this week - but Labor politicians want the Coalition to do more.

Grace Tame to speak on women’s safety

Grace Tame will address a national summit on women's safety, after accusing Scott Morrison of using survivors' stories for political leverage.

Afghan sisters in hiding hope for way out

"If the Taliban hear about us or find us, they will kill us," a woman says by phone from the Afghanistan capital.

Women’s Health Week feature

It’s Women’s Health Week from 6 to 10 September – a campaign designed to encourage women to check in on their own health and wellbeing.

Gender pay gap widens during pandemic

For Australia to genuinely achieve gender equality, closing the gender pay gap is top of the to-do list.

Inquiry into Brittany Higgins put on hold

The head of the prime minister's department has temporarily suspended his inquiry into the alleged sexual assault of Brittany Higgins.

Female and Indigenous political trailblazers honoured with statues

The Federal Parliament has finally listened to young Canberrans petitioning for more equal representation among statues in the national capital. Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced three new statues to be placed within...

Man accused of Higgins rape to face court in ACT

The man accused of raping former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins will face a criminal charge in an ACT court over the 2019 incident.

Opals exit Tokyo Games after USA loss

Australia have been blown away 79-55 by the United States in a women's basketball Olympic quarter-final mismatch.

Fox inspired by Meares’ Olympic resurgence

Jessica Fox says she looked to Australia's former Olympic cycling champion Anna Meares to help vanquish self doubt before her gold medal run.

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