Lunchtime forum: Progress of the world's women - in pursuit of justice
Join host Kim Rubenstein (ANU College of Law) and panellists Susan Harris Rimmer (ANU Centre for International Governance Justice), Simon Rice (ANU Law Reform and Social Justice Program) and Meghan Cooper (Australian National Committee for UN Women) to discuss UN Women's first major report '…
'Fed-up' women ditching science careers
"A summit in Canberra is examining why Australian women are dropping out of science and engineering, often when they are at the peak of their careers. ..." - ABC News (link to full post)
Launch of the ANU Gender Institute
The Gender Institute was delighted to have the Governor-General of Australia Ms Quentin Bryce launch the Institute on Thursday 10 March 2011 in the Law Lecture Theatre at The Australian National University.
Social sensitivity trumps IQ in group intelligence
"If you're a headhunter looking for someone to work in a group, you might want to stop chasing down the most intelligent candidates. Group intelligence depends less on how smart individuals are and more on their social sensitivity, ability to take turns speaking, and the number of women in the…
Footballers behaving badly: changing attitudes towards women
Allegations of sexual misconduct by sportsmen seem to appear in the Australian news media on a disturbingly regular basis. Why is it that male athletes of major sports like football and rugby are often linked to incidents of bad behaviour toward women?
Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference
Fine, Cordelia. 2010. Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference. W. W. Norton & Company.
Brain Storm: The Flaws in the Science of Sex Differences
Jordan-Young, Rebecca M. 2010. Brain Storm: The Flaws in the Science of Sex Differences. Harvard University Press.
The accidental feminist: when lived experience collides with the myth of a post-feminist world
Many of us born after the success of the 1970s women's liberation movement were raised to think of ourselves as 'people not genders'. We grew up believing that being female would not affect our opportunities or choices.
Mathematics of Sex: How Biology and Society Conspire to Limit Talented Women and Girls
Ceci, Stephen J., and Wendy M. Williams. 2009. The Mathematics of Sex: How Biology and Society Conspire to Limit Talented Women and Girls. Oxford University Press.
All for nothing? The women's movement and gender equality in Australian democracy
To what extent have Australian feminist struggles achieved a substantive and lasting gender equality? The gender report for the Democratic Audit of Australia considered this question, investigating legislation, representation, policy machinery and the women's non-government sector. The picture that…