Women

The Feminism in the Time of Gaza forum, organised by Australian Palestine Advocacy Network, was packed to capacity, writes Mary Merkenich.

 

As capitalism’s inherent barbarism is being exposed via the West’s enabling of genocide in Gaza, organisers of the Ecosocialism 2025 conference are confident its program will attract significant interest. Jacob Andrewartha reports.

 

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Protests have been held across Aotearoa New Zealand against the right-wing coalition government, after it forced through a bill amending the country’s Equal Pay Act. Zara Lomas reports.

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Maree F Roberts reviews Dear Unknown Friend, which brings to life the letters exchanged by American and Soviet women during World War II and the first half of the 20th century.

NSW Parliament agreed to the Greens’ abortion access bill after rejecting a conservative scare campaign, including from former Prime Minister Tony Abbott. Kerry Smith reports.

Hundreds joined in 17 protests organised by What You Were Wearing? in cities across the country to demand governments take real steps to drop domestic and family violence. Rachel Evans and Liv Carney report.

Abortion rights activists rallied in Martin Place to support NSW Greens MLC Dr Amanda Cohn’s bill to make abortion more accessible to regional and remote communities across NSW. Zebedee Parkes reports.

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May 5 is International Day of the Midwife, but Ricardo Jones, a doctor and midwife, is spending it with a 14-year prison sentence for assisting with a home birth in which the baby later died, reports Tamara Pearson.

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Latin America is in the grip of a cost-of-living crisis, characterised by rising costs and falling real wages, reports Ben Radford.

Imagine a world where women were property, traded like livestock, silenced by veils and worked to death by the age of 30. Mary Merkenich looks at the context in which the 1917 Bolshevik revolution launched history’s most radical experiment for women’s emancipation. 

Healthworker prepares a vaccination injection

Thousands of Kerala’s 26,225 ASHA healthcare workers have been demonstrating for the past month seeking better pay and benefits, reports Karthik Preyeswary.