Latest news: Women's rights

To mark 40 years of the Sex Discrimination Act, a sculpture of Susan Ryan AO was unveiled in the Senate Gardens at Old Parliament House.

Former Melbourne Victory goalkeeper Gabriela Garton is calling on women athletes to come together and help improve safety and wellbeing in sports.

A Canberra electrician is lighting up the local construction industry, while sparking more interest in women pursuing a career in the trades.

Is a girl born in Australia today better off than one born a decade ago? The answer, even in a wealthy, democratic country with bipartisan support for gender equality, is not a...

Over a thousand Canberrans gathered in Garema Place on Saturday to protest the US Supreme Court’s decision to overrule Roe v Wade, what had been considered the USA’s constitutional protection of abortion...

The top courts in Texas and Ohio have allowed the Republican-led states to enforce restrictions and bans on terminating pregnancy after the US Supreme Court last week sparked global protests by overturning the nationwide constitutional right to abortion.

The blow dealt by the US Supreme Court limiting access to safe abortions has shone a light on the situation in Australia as protesters take to the streets in Canberra and around the country solidarity.

A recent study from Plan International Australia has brought to light that one in five (19 per cent of) boys and young men aged 16-21 across the country believe women should keep...

Canberra resident and founding member of Australia’s women’s liberation movement, Biff Ward, 78, chats with CW journalist, Anja de Rozario, 23, about feminism, the Vietnam War, and the new generation’s continuing march...

There's a reason why the biggest, fastest-growing group of homeless are women aged over 50, independent federal election candidate Monica Ryan says.

Hundreds of women have marched through downtown Mexico City and its suburbs to protest the horrifying death of an 18-year-old in the northern city of Monterrey.

As YWCA Canberra once again accepts the Employer of Choice for Gender Equality (EOCGE) award, CEO Frances Crimmins asks why more ACT organisations are not reaching the “benchmark”. The EOCGE recognises organisations at...

In the face of discrimination inflicted by some of the most harrowing terrorists, an Afghan refugee in Canberra speaks out against the Taliban.

Many Australian sporting codes – including the AFL, Hockey Australia, Netball Australia, Rugby Australia, Tennis Australia, Touch Football Australia, UniSport Australia, and Water Polo Australia – all welcomed trans and gender diverse players, and, as A Gender Agenda’s Jenni Shoring noted, other peak sporting bodies were working on inclusive policies for transgender athletes.

Two Master of Social Work students at the Australian Catholic University in Canberra are finalists for the 2022 ACT Woman of the Year Award, to be announced tonight, Thursday 3 March at 6pm.

UN Women’s theme for 2022 International Women’s Day (IWD), taking place on 8 March, recognises the unsung contributions of women and girls. Changing Climates: Equality today for a sustainable tomorrow aims to celebrate...