Women's rights

An Australian woman who was left infertile after undergoing ovarian cancer treatment is pregnant with twins after a world first ovarian tissue graft. Vali, 27, requested her ovarian tissue be frozen to preserve her fertility when cancer treatment forced her ovaries to lose function and eventually be removed. The cancer treatment left her menopausal at […]

How would you cope if you were forced to leave your home, job and country with nothing more than the clothes on your back? Claire Seaward meets some Syrian refugees who have had to do just that.

She's the genetically-blessed Australian supermodel who bestows confidence-building advice to female fans on how to empower themselves.

Shocking statistics have emerged about the rate of women affected by domestic violence across the world. According to the World Health Organisation, more than one third of all women are victims of domestic violence with Asia being the worst affected. In high income countries including Australia the figure is almost one in four. By gathering […]

Serena Williams has sparked outrage for making critical comments about a 16-year-old rape victim saying she “shouldn’t have put herself in that position”, but the head of Australia’s rape crisis authority says unfortunately “victim-blaming” views are shared by a large section of the population. Speaking with Rolling Stone magazine, 31-year-old tennis star Serena questioned the […]

Women enterting their 30s and beyond need to carve out balance between me time, family time, caring for kids, relationships and career. Kelly Baker discovers why yoga is the perfect way to do just that.

In the past few weeks some pretty ordinary things have happened to me. The kind of stuff that makes your heart stop and your breath stick like black tar deep in your chest somewhere. I’m sure you know what I mean. For the truth is bad stuff happens to everyone — or so I’m told. […]

As part of its 80th Birthday celebrations, Australia’s biggest-selling magazine, The Australian Women’s Weekly has launched a nationwide search to uncover the best stories in the land — and the first-stop on its story-hunting tour is Dubbo. If you are a woman based in the Dubbo region and you have a story you think is […]

The debate over women balancing work and family consumes headlines as women struggle to strike perfect harmony between their home and office life but the Australian actress says that balance is a myth

As if it wasn’t enough to have to compete with young corporate-ladder-climbers, as much as they think legitimate ageism is rife in the workplace, a study has revealed that females think just looking over 40 can kill a woman’s career. The survey found most women believed if they didn’t reach the boardroom by the time […]