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What some powerful businessmen say about women in leadership: Angela Priestley
Attending an event put on by a women's networking group, you don't always expect a strong male presence, or even for the few men who do...
Time to recognise the 'me' in blame
You know, I've been around some regrettable incidents. Some my fault, some the fault of others, some a combination of the two. For example: 1. Nearly...
Talking about rape
There are many reasons women don't report rape. I know, because it happened to me - twice. It's the end of the footy season, so everyone's talking...
Women cop blame (again) for sex assault
No men, including footballers, are entitled to sex with drunk women. Women ask to be raped. Women fabricate rape allegations to assuage guilt. Rape...
Contrition trumps sexism cover-ups
A case study in what not to do when confronted with a culture of sexism. First, some history. In 1977, a group of St Paul's College students at...
Is Australia man enough to have a woman as PM?
The talk about Gillard’s hair and clothes could be masking a deeper unease. We seem to have spent a disturbing chunk of the past week...
Banning the burqa: a bad idea ...
...whose time may soon come in parts of Europe. When Jack Straw, a British Labour politician, said a few years ago that he would prefer Muslim women...
Let's face facts, the burqa is an affront to feminism
Who knows the difference between ethics and morality? Belgium does, for one. Technically, there's not a lot in it. The dictionary makes ethics and...
Women and girls are just not important
It is inconceivable to me that any human can watch a mother give birth, pick up the baby, see that it’s a girl and, in disgust, throw it into a...
Sharia law would harm Aussie Muslim women
Sharia law for Australia is being mooted again. The Australian Muslim Mission and Islamic Friendship Association of Australia are advocating its...
Hidden danger in tampering with the veil
Like the Americans waging war in Afghanistan, the French demanding their government ban the burka would do well to look back in history at the...
Virginity is one hell of a gift
Virginity is not a ''gift''. To suggest it is, as Tony Abbott has, is absurdly childish. It's also ridiculously romantic. None of which would matter...
In search of Frenchness
The Sarkozy government's debates on national identity peddle the same old story about the enemy within – French Muslims. The nationwide debate...
The Taliban would applaud
It is easy to see that a woman’s human rights are violated when a government requires her to wrap her body and face in an all-concealing veil,...
Not being racist, but burka is wrong
I confess that I once fell over on the job. In 2001, I was sent near the Pakistan border to interview fleeing Afghans and the local imam asked me to...
Copenhagen must bring gender justice
Marginalised women across the developing world will be hit hard by climate change – but their voices are rarely heard. Adaptation to climatic...
One giant scar on mankind
Almost 20 years ago, on December 6, 1989, a young man went looking for women at l'Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal. Here, in the middle of this highly...
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