Who run the world?
On this week’s podcast, Policy Forum’s Maya Bhandari chats to three trailblazing young women about how to rejuvenate our national political conversation.
Sarah Ferguson in conversation with Virginia Haussegger
Sarah Ferguson in conversation with Virginia Haussegger on Sarah's new book On Mother, which reveals her relationship with her mother with poignant clarity and shows the individual who existed beyond motherhood. Sarah Ferguson's homage to her mother reflects on the complex bonds shared between…
Why the triple talaq must stop: Interrogating a slice of contemporary history in India
In this lecture, Professor Nasreen presents the background of talaq-e-bidat or triple talaq as a valid process of divorce and discuss the implications of this Act. The lecture is based on her personal encounters with the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB). She also…
Involving men in ending violence against women: Book launch
Involving Men in Ending Violence against Women provides a feminist analysis of men’s motivations for joining violence against women’s movement. Through extensive fieldwork in Afghanistan, Pakistan and East Timor, this innovative title explores the roles men play in violence against women…
Paid parental leave and gender norms in the United States and Australia
In both the United States and Australia, women provide the bulk of care for infants, establishing patterns that may have ongoing effects on how mothers (and fathers) balance work and care obligations throughout the childrearing years. This project, which is part of Deborah Widiss' research as a…
The Story of the Green Revolution: Where are the Women
In his Fulbright lecture delivered at Kansas State University on 3 May 2018, Dr. Patrick Kilby explores why women have been excluded from agricultural innovation and technological progress, using the Green Revolution as a starting point.
VIDEO - Inspiring Women of ANU: Professor Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt
GENDER INSTITUTE INSPIRING WOMEN OF ANU LECTURE SERIES: LECTURE # 2 The Gender Institute and the Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, welcome Professor Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt for her inaugural lecture This ordinary life: an enchanted ‘becoming’ of a feminist,…
Lactation after loss
There isn't a lot of public conversation about breast milk after bereavement. But newly-funded research hopes to address that. Dr Katherine Carroll spoke with Jolene Laverty about Lactation After Loss: a project looking into breastmilk suppression, expression & donation in contemporary…
VIDEO + PODCAST - Inspiring Women of ANU: Professor Simone Dennis
GENDER INSTITUTE INSPIRING WOMEN OF ANU LECTURE SERIES: LECTURE # 1 The Gender Institute and the School of Archaeology and Anthropology, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, welcome Professor Simone Dennis for her inaugural lecture A Career up in Smoke
How big is the problem of violence against women? The challenge of intersectional measurement at the global level
Asia and the Pacific Policy Society podcast: Professor Sally Engle Merry, a leading expert on gender-based violence, talks about international efforts to measure violence against women, whether the Sustainable Development Goals are giving momentum to the issue or complicating it…