Earlier this year, Foreign Minister Penny Wong announced that the Albanese government would be...
Category - Gender and development
Are all gender strategies created equal? What Australia can...
DFAT’s forthcoming gender strategy should grasp the opportunity to be world leading in its approach...
Accelerating progress on menstrual health in East Asia and the...
Menstrual health is essential to gender equality and the well-being of women, adolescent girls and...
Where thinking and working politically meets gender – tactics...
Questions that repeatedly come up when supporting reform programs include: how do we work with...
A new climate for Australian aid
Australia has just been found to have failed to adequately protect the rights of Torres Strait...
Time to reprioritise girls’ education
“If you educate a girl, you educate a nation,” an African proverb tells us. While it is important...
Building gender-equitable economies in South Asia post-COVID
With over 30 million COVID-19 cases, South Asia currently finds itself in the midst of a...
Unwanted sexual behaviour in the workplace: an aid worker’s story
Content warning: This post discusses sexual assault. The strength and bravery of Brittany Higgins...
Trump’s gag rule on abortion: legacy and future
The Global Gag Rule (GGR), also called the Mexico City Policy, is a US government policy first...
The 2020 aid budget and gender: where’s the telescope?
Australia’s 2020 international development budget is a mass of contradictions. On the one hand...