International Women's Day

Business & Economics
Analysis
Could we be entering a new era in women’s health funding?
By listening to women’s voices and investing in targeted research, Australia is taking important steps towards creating a more equitable healthcare system

Health & Medicine
Opinion
Why 2025 is a big year in women's health
As International Women's Day highlights both progress and setbacks, 2025 is emerging as a watershed year for women's health across the globe

Health & Medicine
Research
All young people should get the HPV vaccine – girls and boys
Cancers caused by the human papillomavirus or HPV are entirely preventable. And now it takes just one dose to vaccinate against it

Health & Medicine
Sisters are doing it for themselves
Education is central to leadership in social change for Indigenous women’s life outcomes – and women are leveraging its power

Arts & Culture
Provocative women in cinema
The cliché of the ‘sensitive’ woman filmmaker ignores the long history of confronting female-directed movies

Health & Medicine
We can eliminate cervical cancer
Australia is on track to be the first country to eliminate cervical cancer, but inequities persist

Arts & Culture
The modern women of Australian ballet
Revisiting ballets created by pioneering Australian women can inspire the next generation of female choreographers

Politics & Society
Book extract
AI, automation and women
As artificial intelligence becomes an increasing part of our lives, what does the expansion of technology mean for the futures of women?

Arts & Culture
Gendered labour in the Australian arts
Researchers are using cultural data to highlight the obscured history of Australian women artists, revealing gender disparities and opportunities for positive change

Business & Economics
Overcoming gender bias of boardroom gatekeepers
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