gender equality

Text me when you get home campaign raises awareness for women’s safety

A campaign in Western Australia is raising awareness about women’s safety at night, with new data showing 63 per cent of Australian women won’t walk home alone after dark, compared with 31 per cent of men. Advocacy group We Are W/M says the campaign highlights safety as a basic human right, with a volunteer walking …

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Liberal Party’s “women problem” can be traced back to Howard Government, research finds

New research from Monash University traces the Liberal Party’s so-called “women problem” back to cultural and policy shifts under former Prime Minister John Howard. Research Author Dr Blair Williams says the party, once the political home of many women voters, abandoned its socially liberal traditions in the 1980s and has since struggled to win them …

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