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More than 200 document(s) in Women.

Future leaders determined to bypass recent controversies
The ultimate goals vary, but the motivation is the same for more than 60 indigenous women who gathered at Parliament House this week for a crash course in how to work the system.
Sydney Morning Herald 20/06/2013     no charge     192 words

Lampooning Miss Utah says more about us than her
Beauty contestants are asked serious questions so paegent promoters can avoid accusations they are just perv-fests.
The Age 20/06/2013     no charge     784 words

Women to serve on US frontline
Washington: Women will be able to serve in frontline combat positions in the United States military, including commando roles previously reserved for men, Pentagon officials said. Army Rangers and Navy SEALs are among special-operations units considering inducting women. The move signals the next step toward implementing the policy change announced by then defence secretary Leon Panetta on January 24. It could mean as many as 237,000 combat positions would be open to women by January 2016.
The Age 20/06/2013     no charge     73 words

Shame pressures affluent women to hide domestic violence, say experts
The shadow of domestic violence readily falls across the wealthy and famous, as Nigella Lawson has discovered, but few choose to report it to the police because of shame.
Sydney Morning Herald 19/06/2013     no charge     456 words

Female shortlist a fitting tribute to an early feminist
Since its inception in 1957, the Miles Franklin Literary Award has been awarded 14 times to a woman, compared with 51 times to a man.
Sydney Morning Herald 19/06/2013     no charge     775 words

From scissors to jaws of life
Cathryn Dorahy received an Australian Fire Service Medal in the Queen's Birthday honours. The Wollongong resident became the Illawarra's first female firefighter in 1994. She talked to ANTONY FIELD I was born in Wollongong in 1955. My dad, Greg, was one of the Dorahy brothers, who ran butcher shops in the Illawarra. At age 9, we moved from Lake Heights to Figtree. I'm the eldest - I have a brother and two sisters. I went to St Pat's at Port Kembla, St Therese and St Mary Star of the Sea. My uncle ...
Wollongong Advertiser 19/06/2013     no charge     660 words

Twisted ideas about sex and power still rule
Men who pump themselves up by denigrating women are revealing how weak they really are.
The Age 18/06/2013     no charge     834 words

Women lag on Bendigo Bank pay scale
Bendigo Bank has 1240 women earning base-rate award wages, compared with just 423 men.
The Age 18/06/2013     no charge     71 words

Changing habits with the times
The habit is long gone, and their calling summons fewer and fewer disciples.
The Sunday Age 16/06/2013     no charge     814 words

At last, a man fights in women's corner
It has been a rather unsettling week if you are a woman. While I do not think of myself as naive about gender politics in this country - or, sadly, any country - I confess I was gobsmacked by the level of rudeness and disrespect displayed by men in senior positions about one woman in particular, while using language that insulted all women in general.
Sun Herald 16/06/2013     no charge     560 words