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ANU Library and Archives activities - IWD and beyond
Article of interest
11 March 2020
International Women's Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. Here at the ANU Library, we are marking this occasion by highlighting some of our resources by, about and for women. ANU Archives display The ANU Archives have installed two displays in the R.G. Menzies Library to mark Women’s History Month. Check them out in the foyer and outside the Archives Reading Room throughout March. Find out more...
Gender Summit events in 2020
Article of interest
11 March 2020
18th Gender Summit - Africa – Nairobi: Postponement due to COVID-19 – new date to be decided Agriculture through Gender Lens: From Surviving to Thriving in the Climate Changing World Following the warning by WHO that risk of infection with COVID-19 in Kenya has risen significantly, the Kenyan Government has imposed severe restrictions on public meetings. Three days before its start date, GS18, which was to take place at the very hospitable Crowne Plaza Hotel...
Clare Burton Award for Excellence in Equity & Diversity
Article of interest
21 November 2018
After Andrea Butler returned to work following the birth of her child, she had an unexpected and uncomfortable encounter. "I was pumping [breast milk] in my office, supposedly privately, when someone let themselves in - I was mortified, I've never felt so vulnerable in my life," says Andrea, who is a senior school administrator with the ANU Research School of Physics and Engineering. "And that's when I met up with Katherine [Carroll] and she explained...
Professor Ridge to examine religious financing in three countries in 2019
Article of interest
15 November 2018
How do religious groups fund their activities and try to avoid unduly influencing their members and/or overstepping relevant not-for-profit and charity laws? ANU Law’s Professor Pauline Ridge will be examining such questions during her research sabbatical in early 2019 that will involve studies in the United Kingdom and Canada and comparisons to Australian law. “I’ve been interested [in religious financing] since I was a law student,” Professor Ridge explains. “I was studying equity and trusts...
New Family-Friendly Committee launched
Article of interest
25 September 2018
Staff and students now have the opportunity to give feedback to ANU about how the University can improve its offerings and services for families. A new ANU Family-Friendly Committee has been formally launched at University House. Formed in association with the ANU Gender Institute, the Family-Friendly Committee has representatives from the University's various stakeholder groups including the student associations, the childcare centres, the National Tertiary Education Union and the ANU executive. The committee's objective will...
ANU LGBTIQ Network goes live; alumni encouraged to sign up
Article of interest
12 September 2018
A new network has been launched for ANU alumni who identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex and Queer (LGBTIQ). The LGBTIQ Alumni Network was formed to allow alumni to come together in a community and network amongst other LGBTIQ alumni and students, staff, faculty, parents and straight allies. At the launch, MC George Vallance said the network's activities could include activities such as fundraising and advocacy, as well as get-togethers. "We're here to celebrate...
How the personal became political: Special issue
Article of interest
14 August 2018
Australian Feminist Studies Volume 33, 2018 - Issue 95: How the Personal Became Political How the Personal became Political presents new research on the events, policy changes and watershed developments in gender and sexuality in Australia in the 1970s. This Special Issue addresses the current political and theoretical significance of the 1970s revolutions, and key questions about the nature of sweeping change. How and why did matters previously considered private and personal, become public and...
