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South Asia | Australia | Culture

‘Hear us, see us’: a plea to the UN for Indigenous women

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The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social justice commissioner has used a speech to the UN in Geneva to demand the federal government take action on the rising rates of Aboriginal women in jail. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women represent 2% of Australia’s female population but make up 34% of all women in prison, June Oscar told the Human Rights Council on Friday. “The root cause is that Indigenous women continue to experience disproportionate levels of trauma and intersecting forms of discrimination which cut across lines of race, gender and socioeconomic status,”
South Asia | Australia | Sports

Australia celebrates ‘greatest day’ in women’s sport

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It has been described by many as the greatest day in Australian women's sporting history. Australians woke up on Monday to a cascade of achievements from the nation's female athletes in tennis, golf, surfing and rowing. First, surfer Sally Fitzgibbons cut a monster wave at the Rio Pro to cruise to the world number one ranking in surfing. A few hours later, French Open tennis champion Ashleigh Barty won her third tournament of the year - meaning she will become Australia's first world number one in 16 years. Celebratory news bulletins in the morning were interrupted by more milestones.
South Asia | Australia | Business

50 years after Australia’s historic ‘equal pay’ decision, the legacy of ‘women’s work’ remain

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June 19, 2019 is the 50th anniversary of Australia’s industrial relations system endorsing the principle of “equal pay for equal work”. Yet, five decades on, a gender pay gap remains. The 1969 decision was a breakthrough, but also highlighted the problem of putting principle into practice, given a legacy of past decisions being based on clear notions of “male” and “female” jobs. While various factors contribute to the overall gender pay gap, about 30% is due to gender concentrations by industry and occupation.
South Asia | Australia | Health

25-Year-Old Student Discovers Way to Kill Superbugs WITHOUT Antibiotics — Science Freaks Out

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The outlook for humanity is, indeed, bleak. However, thanks to a handful of research students from the University of Melbourne School, we may have hope after all. Ph.D. student Shu Lam, the study’s lead researcher, believes they’ve found a way around antibiotic dependency in the battle against bacteria. “We’ve developed a new class of antimicrobial agents, which are very unique. They come in the form of tiny star-shaped molecules that are made from short chains of proteins,” Lam told VICE. “We found that they are very effective at wiping out [bacterial] infections in mice and
South Asia | Australia | Politics

This Female Politician Is Completely Fed Up With The Rude Shit Men Say

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Greens MP Ellen Sandell is no stranger to sexist slurs from male politicians. “Teach her a lesson, yeah give it to her,” is one of the more common insults that gets thrown at the 31-year-old when she’s speaking in Victoria’s parliament. Ellen Sandell told BuzzFeed News one of the most upsetting abuse was when she was talking about a park ranger finding a dead cow in the Alpine National Park and Labor MPs yelled, “would have been better if it was a dead Greenie!” Things have gotten so bad, female Labor backbenchers have approached Sandell to say what’s happening is not ok.
South Asia | Australia | Science

Female students dominate Australia’s largest STEM event

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Female high school students took centre stage at the largest STEM event ever held in Australia: the combined National Finals of the F1inSchools Technology Challenge, Subs in Schools Technology Challenge and Land Rover 4X4 in Schools Technology Challenge. The inaugural Subs in Schools competition was won by an all-girl team 'Athena' from St. Peters Girls School in Adelaide. The second and third placed teams in the 'rookie' (Development) class of the F1 competition were all-girls. When the three top teams stood on the podium to receive their trophies there were nine girl students and four male
South Asia | Australia | Sports

The women’s AFL revolution is happening at grassroots level

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If the current plans for a February start to the AFL women's national league hold true, there are only 11 months until the competition gets underway. With all the media's attention on the proposed league and its female talent search, it's very easy for the football loving public to miss where the real football revolution is happening: at the grassroots level. And the revolution has been a long time coming. We're currently experiencing an explosion of new competitions and clubs has happened around the country. This year alone, clubs such as Mount Barker in South Australia, Ipswich i
South Asia | Australia | Business

The Australian women entrepreneurs smashing stereotypes in male-dominated sectors

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“I’VE been working in manufacturing for some time and you have to earn your stripes,” says Michelle Nazzari founder of electric scooter company Fonzarelli. “I can build a bike from the ground up and you get a fair amount of respect for that.” Women make up just 26 per cent of the manufacturing workforce, and only five per cent of the industry has female operated firms, so Nazzari and her electric bikes are blazing a pretty unique trail. Lucinda Mason is building a solid reputation in another sector where men have traditionally held sway — construction. The co-CEO of
South Asia | Australia | Literature

Stella prize 2016 announces shortlist of six books by Australian women

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The Stella prize has announced six books by Australian women, including Elizabeth Harrower, Charlotte Wood and Fiona Wright, for their 2016 shortlist. The shortlisted books are Six Bedrooms by Tegan Bennett Daylight, Hope Farm by Peggy Frew, A Few Days in the Country: And Other Stories by Elizabeth Harrower, The World Without Us by Mireille Juchau, The Natural Way of Things by Charlotte Wood and Small Acts of Disappearance: Essays on Hunger by Fiona Wright. The winner of the $50,000 prize will be announced on 19 April. However, each of the six writers has already won $2,000 for being sho
South Asia | Australia | Media

Australian Women’s Weekly editor-in-chief Helen McCabe resigns after six years

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Helen McCabe has resigned as editor-in-chief of the Australian Women’s Weekly after six years in the high-profile role at the nation’s highest-selling magazine. The former News Corp Australia journalist and Channel Seven reporter joined the magazine world in 2009 after a stint as deputy editor of the Sunday Telegraph and high-level roles on the Australian. McCabe has grabbed some headlines of her own for some of the editorial choices she made at the magazine, once owned by Kerry Packer but now owned by German publishers Bauer Media. The news of her resignation came on the same day
South Asia | Australia | Health

One in five women giving birth in Australia are 35 or over, data shows

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More than one in five women giving birth in Australia are now aged 35 or over, the latest official figures show. The latest birth data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare shows the proportion of mothers aged 35 and older who gave birth increased by four percentage points to 22% in the decade to 2013. Women who gave birth aged under 24 decreased from 19% to 17%; 30.1 years was the average age in 2013, up from 29.5 years a decade earlier. First-time mothers had an average age of 28.6 years, up from 27.8 years in 2003, the data shows.
South Asia | Australia | Sports

Incredible story behind Michelle Payne’s history making win

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IN 2013 when little known jockey Michelle Payne took a backbreaking tumble from her horse, she made a decision. She knew she was seriously injured. When you’ve broken bones before it’s not something you want to feel again. The memory of that excruciating feeling stayed with her — and she had to seriously contemplate her future in racing. “Basically I just want to have one or two more years of giving it my best shot, and then that’s it,” she told Fairfax racing writer Peter Hanlon at the time. She decided she wanted to “have something really good in place” when she did
South Asia | Australia | Sports

Melbourne Cup: Michelle Payne rides Prince Of Penzance to victory to become first female jockey to win great race

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Michelle Payne has become the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup, riding outsider Prince Of Penzance to victory at Flemington. The $101 outsider, trained by Victorian Darren Weir, stormed to the finish line to beat English stayer Max Dynamite ($13) by half a length, with Australian weight-for-age star Criterion ($19) another one-and-a-quarter lengths back in third place. Prince Of Penzance, from Weir's stables at Wangoom near Warrnambool, is one of the longest priced winners in the 155-year history of the Melbourne Cup.   Payne, who has had a long association with the
South Asia | Australia | Health

IVF hope for older women, as Adelaide scientists make ‘damaged’ eggs good again

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Women over the age of 35 are more likely to have 'old' or 'damaged' eggs, which will not go on to make embryos in IVF treatment. Now scientists at the University of Adelaide's Robinson Research Institute have discovered a way to make the 'old' eggs viable again, by injecting them with haemoglobin. It offers new hope for the increasing number of older women seeking IVF treatment. Transcript: MICHAEL BRISSENDEN: Scientists in Adelaide have made a research breakthrough that may give women a better chance to become mothers later in life. The team at the Robinson Research Institute have fo

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