Gender Institute Event Series
Connecting the Dots: Ayahs and Empire in Australian Settler Society
Public lecture
What can the stories of South Asian ayahs – nursemaids and domestic servants – tell us about the significance of race and women’s domestic labour in Australia’s settler colonial history – and why do these stories remain so elusive? In this talk, Victoria Haskins reflects on the…
Menopause matters! - towards a greater understanding of menopause and equity in academia
Symposium
Join us for 'Menopause Matters,' a vital symposium exploring workplace issues affecting women experiencing menopause, scheduled to coincide with the International Day of Action for Women's Health. This event offers a unique opportunity to engage with an often-overlooked aspect of workplace…
'The Male Complaint: The Manosphere and Misogyny Online'
Book launch
Join us for an interesting conversation with Hannah Leary and author Dr. Simon Copland, to celebrate the launch of his latest book, The Male Complaint, published by Polity Press and distributed in Australia by Wiley Press. (Pre-order here.) About the book Inspired by…
Gender, Age and The Stage: Ellen Terry and Nellie Melba in Retreat
Panel
Why are there so few female theatre directors? Playwrights? Conductors? Why do women in the performing arts become invisible at 40? Can understanding the past help us move towards a fairer future? Ellen Terry, Shakespeare and Suffrage in New Zealand and Australia is a new book by ANU academic…
Tooling up the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative – maternity care for gender justice and health of humans and planet
Webinar
This webinar has passed - You can watch the recording here This webinar is the next webinar in the “Human rights, gender budgeting and progressing breastfeeding in 2020 and beyond" series. The quality of care in the first few days after birth in hospital is critical to…
Advancing Afghan Women's Rights
Talk
The situation for global gender equality continues to deteriorate, but Afghan women, who have suffered some of the greatest consequences of patriarchal systems, continue to fight for their rights, even under the Taliban’s regime of gender apartheid. In November, diaspora, humanitarian, human rights…
The Unliterary Eighteenth Century: Gender and Marginal Texts
Symposium
This one-day symposium hosted by the Gender Institute at the Australian National University, and in collaboration with the Centre for Early Modern Studies, explores texts of the long eighteenth century that, despite their popularity and cultural centrality in their own time, have been…