DFAT’s forthcoming gender strategy should grasp the opportunity to be world leading in its approach...
Category - Gender and development
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...
A letter to Sara, who wanted to further her education
Dear Sara, You insisted I visit your house for tea. You walked up the steep hillside to the road...