Equality

Professor Julie Satur’s journey from teenaged dental therapist to tenacious public health advocate is one of perseverance for equity in oral healthcare

Social connection needs time and effort, but crucially it also needs meeting places, and our Map of the Month highlights that not all Melburnians have equal access to these ‘bumping spaces’

Melbourne, Australia – or at least one of our streets – has topped yet another global ranking, but what does it mean to be officially ‘cool’ and who decides?

This year’s International Women’s Day underscores the enormous potential return on investment from backing women

Australia’s high interest rates and low GDP growth are pushing our Economic Misery Index higher, but hopefully not for long

Australia is on track to be the first country to eliminate cervical cancer, but inequities persist

If we remove professional barriers for women, they can compete on equal footing with men. And key to that is tackling the bias of gatekeepers

Women and girls are disproportionately impacted by climate change. But they are also at the forefront of global efforts fighting for change

Medical research aims to find better ways to treat and prevent disease but, although sex and gender can impact on health, women are often left out. And that needs to change

No scientific evidence suggests that women are intellectually inferior to men, so the peer-review processes that overwhelmingly benefit men are scientifically flawed