Australia and Oceania

Have you noticed that your levels of attention may slightly change during your menstrual cycle? This may be particularly noticeable for women and people assigned female at birth with attention…

AUSTRALIA/The federal government aims to reduce the number of women killed by their intimate partners by 25 per cent each year, under a five-year plan launched by Social Services Minister…

CANBERRA-AUSTRALIA/ For Kiyah Fallon, getting her driver’s licence was less a “rite of passage” and more a “cause for concern”. “I was really nervous about being on the roads,” the…

Lisa Gong didn’t need to worry too much about her baby right after giving birth. The 27-year-old was lucky enough to be able to leave everything to professionals at a…

AUSTRALIA/ In photos of her face taken the Saturday night she was knocked unconscious, Ashley’s* eye is swollen and purple, a dark bruise spilling from her lashline to her cheekbone.…

All the pre-budget talk of “bread and butter”, “no frills”, targeting and reprioritization came with a sense of foreboding. History and research tell us that budgets in general – but…

AUSTRALIA/It’s hard to believe how much the world has changed since a generation of shoulder-padded, power-suited young women, set out to “have it all” in the 1980s and 1990s. These days, you’re more likely…

STUDY/ The Mediterranean diet may reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and death among women by 25 percent, according to a new study published in the journal Heart. Cardiovascular disease accounts…

FIJI/ A Fiji government minister is facing criticism for asking an opposition MP for “evidence” of the reported rape of Indo-Fijian women and children during the political turmoil of the…

The new episode of Mind-blowing 60 minutes, this time focuses on women who wake up with a different accent and suffer because of it.