Australia and Oceania

According to the Digital 2024 report, 78.3% of Australians regularly use platforms such as Facebook and Instagram—mainly for keeping in touch with friends and family. Perhaps surprisingly, a large proportion of…

Women training in the Australian Defence Force (ADF) are facing increasing rates of harassment despite a number of inquiries exposing the issue. The results from the 2023 Workplace Behaviours Survey…

Women living with chronic pain face medical gender bias and high levels of discrimination in the workplace, according to new research highlighted in a joint submission by the University of…

A 2023 Transport for New South Wales survey found 59% of female respondents felt unsafe walking after dark, compared with 31% of men. Poor lighting was identified as the most common reason…

The intersecting challenges of racism, sexual harassment and exploitation at work are affecting migrant and refugee women in Australia at alarming rates. Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety (ANROWS)…

Australian Muslim boxer Tina Rahimi has once again torched France for its refusal to allow the nation’s athletes to wear the hijab during the Paris Olympics. Tina Rahimi weighed into…

When Ann O’Neill’s children were violently killed in front of her in 1994, many around her in the aftermath didn’t know how to respond. “The death of a child presents…

It’s one of the fastest growing industries globally, raking in millions for the best players and attracting a huge fanbase, but a new Australian study has revealed the dark side…

Police have searched bushland by helicopter following a fourth report of women being maliciously targeted on trails in Brisbane’s western suburbs. A group of women reported being menaced by a…

“It was like a strategic plan that I was a part of, and I was just the puppet.” Jane* was in an abusive relationship for years. Over many years of…