Women's rights

The film industry has been accused of perpetuating gender discrimination in a new UN backed study. The landmark research, revealed by women’s activist and actress Geena Davis, found that female characters have fewer than one-third of all speaking roles in film and are largely absent from powerful positions on screen. The study, from the Annenberg […]

Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Julie Bishop, has been voted Australia's most powerful woman in the first ever Women's Weekly power list.

Tom Meagher, the husband of Jill Meagher, has written an emotional tribute to his wife, two years after she was murdered in Melbourne.

A national survey has revealed that some Australians believe women who are raped bear some responsibility if they're intoxicated.

Fiction or not? 'Fifty Shades of Grey' readers are more likely to have abusive partners, eating disorders, multiple sexual partners and binge drink.

Iran's Maryam Mirzakhani is trailblazing her way through the male-dominated industry of mathematics, becoming the first woman to win the mathematics equivalent of the Nobel Prize.

A national report reveals men now agree women do it tougher in the corporate world.

The areola of a female breast has long been considered taboo but ladies, did you know it’s not a crime to walk around the streets of New York City topless? Well one Australian model did and she took full advantage of the law when she swanned around the streets of NYC sans shirt to be […]

The Australian Breastfeeding Association is calling for urgent government action to increase the number of lactation consultants, and boost the number of women breastfeeding nationally.

Vanessa Williams has opened up about how she was sexually molested by an older girl when she was 10-years-old.