Tag: IWD

On IWD we must not ignore the violence: MTR in Herald Sun

IT WAS International Women’s Day last Friday. We were supposed to celebrate but I struggled to get into party mood.  The 101st anniversary of the global event acknowledged the economic, political and social achievements of women. But the relentless onslaught of harms and injuries to women and girls continues and I wonder, has anything really […]

On International Women’s Day Girls Ask the Big Questions: Am I Pretty Enough?

Here’s a column I wrote for the Sunday Herald Sun published last Sunday. Looks like this could be the first of a regular gig. At the end of the week marking International Women’s Day (March 8), a trending YouTube phenomenon lets us know that we haven’t come a long way at all. Girls as young […]