Social equality Archives : Alexandra Spring /category/environment/social-equality/ Features, interviews and essays Wed, 02 Jan 2019 09:24:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 /wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-alex-spring-logo-greenswash.png Social equality Archives : Alexandra Spring /category/environment/social-equality/ 32 32 ‘Growing wave of feminist energy’: Julia Gillard on Clinton, Ardern and #MeToo /growing-wave-of-feminist-energy-julia-gillard-on-clinton-ardern-and-metoo/ Sat, 05 May 2018 22:18:34 +0000 / Former Australian PM discusses the role of gender in leadership at Sydney writers’ festival Julia Gillard has called for the #MeToo movement to broaden out to include ordinary women who face sexual abuse, exploitation and harassment in the workplace.  The former Australian prime minister praised the movement for its energy, activism and the way it is bringing […]

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]]> ‘I didn’t think it was right morally’: the businesses refusing to pass on penalty rate cuts /the-businesses-refusing-to-pass-on-penalty-rate-cuts/ Mon, 03 Jul 2017 23:58:56 +0000 / From national chains to bike shops, business owners around the country say it is bad for business to reduce the pay of their employees  On Sunday the Fair Work Commission’s controversial cuts to penalty rates took effect across the country, affecting thousands of workers in the retail, pharmacy, fast-food and hospitality industries. But there were some companies, […]

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]]> How Geena Davis became a champion for women on screen /how-geena-davis-became-a-champion-for-women-on-screen/ Sun, 05 Mar 2017 22:13:55 +0000 / The Oscar winner has spent a decade commissioning research to track representation – but a lot still needs to be done If there’s one place that gender parity could happen overnight, it’s within the worlds depicted on screen. So says actor Geena Davis, who gave a rousing speech about women in media at the opening […]

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]]> Music with a message: engineering industry tackles shortage of female students /engineering-industry-tackles-shortage-of-female-students/ Mon, 18 Jul 2016 23:58:01 +0000 / Nervo head up a new initiative aimed at encouraging young Australian women to study engineering With their spiked hair, sparkly eye makeup and heavily embellished costumes, they don’t look like engineers – and that’s exactly the point. The Melbourne-born electronic dance music duo Nervo – singer-songwriters and twin sisters Miriam and Olivia Nervo – have […]

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