Jill Abramson speaks out on getting fired from The New York Times
“#girls #pushy”. That’s how Jill Abramson’s daughter captioned an Instagram photo of her mother the day she was fired from the New York Times.
Stop teaching us to be good girls
Journalist Jessica Leahy opens up about her own sexual assault and uncovers that what lurks beneath Australia's seemingly perfect identity is an insidious attitude toward women.
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Behind the scenes of The Weekly’s July cover shoot
Go behind the scenes of The Weekly's July shoot featuring Turia Pitt, Lisa Wilkinson, Jennifer Hawkins and Penny Wong.
Cancer survivor inspires others
Beth Whaanga – the woman who posted candid images of her post-cancer surgery body online earlier this year – has encouraged others to do the same through The Under the Red Dress Project.
Women to be hit hardest by HECS changes
Currently there is no real interest charged for HECS‑HELP loans. Rather, student debts are indexed each year to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index (inflation) and maintain their real value. But in a dramatic break from the 25-year history of HECS, the Abbott Government will peg the interest rate for student debt to the […]
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Surviving the ‘Butcher of Bega’
Only now is the full horror emerging of how a gyneacologist with a God-syndrome destroyed lives. Clair Weaver meets the patient who dared to stand up to him.
Rosie Batty responds to hate mail
Rosie Batty, the woman whose 11-year-old son was murdered earlier this year by his father at a Victorian cricket ground, is now receiving hate mail because of her stand against domestic violence.
Sarah Jessica Parker shocked by ‘cruelty’ of women
Sarah Jessica Parker has said that women depicted in popular culture today are "cruel" and "not supportive" to one another and that "it's not good for us."
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A handsome stranger ruined my life in just eight weeks
In eight short weeks a charming stranger made Kay Schubach leave her partner lose her job and fall pregnant sucking her into a violent relationship she almost died trying to escape.
Pregnant women face discrimination at work
Pregnancy is now the number one reason behind workplace discrimination complaints, overtaking disability and family responsibilities for the first time. Of 235 complaints received by the FWO in 2012-13 pregnant women who felt they had been discriminated against at work accounted for 28 per cent, up dramatically from eight per cent in 2010-11. Historically discrimination […]