Keywords: Gender Equality
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Jasmine-Kim Westendorf
- 22 March 2010
14 Comments
Some say that not only is The Female Enuch of little relevance today: it never was relevant. Such arguments are often based more on attacks on Greer personally, and
feminism generally, than considered critiques of the value of the
feminist agenda set out in the book.
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MEDIA
- Ruby J. Murray
- 28 September 2009
10 Comments
During the last week, a fight broke out in the media over the place of feminism in Australian society. It's an old fight, that's been going on ever since women broke out of their bloomers and demanded the vote. What's the real deal, feminism?
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 26 May 2008
1 Comment
The text is from Professor Frank Brennan's 2008 Institute of Justice Studies Oration from 22 May 2008.
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RELIGION
- Bishop Pat Power
- 25 October 2007
There is a danger in today's climate with so many demands of compliance from government and even church that those in church welfare work can become so "professional" that they lose sight of the human persons involved.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 25 October 2007
2 Comments
On foreign aid, development assistance and trade justice, Peter Costello says “Economic growth is the real poverty buster”. The bishops say: "True, but economic growth must go hand in hand with eradicating poverty and ensuring trade justice".
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RELIGION
- Abdullah Saeed
- 24 June 2006
September 11, 2001 changed the life of Muslims in the West, including Australia. Muslims in Australia today, their beliefs, values, practices and institutions, are under the microscope. There is a fear among many Muslims in Australia that is difficult to explain. In turn, Muslims are feared by many non-Muslim Australians, many of them Christians.
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AUSTRALIA
- Frank Castles
- 31 May 2006
How society chooses: Policy and values, past and future.
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AUSTRALIA
- Virginia Bourke
- 14 May 2006
Virginia Bourke examines the assumptions that underlie equality in parenting and work.
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AUSTRALIA
- Jane Mayo Carolan
- 11 May 2006
Jane Carolan speaks with doyen feminist and political activist Anne Summers.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Andrew Hamilton
- 27 April 2006
Andrew Hamilton reflects on Marion Maddox’s God under Howard: The Rise of the Religious Right in Australian Politics.
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INTERNATIONAL
- Shaun Cannon
- 24 April 2006
The Make Poverty History campaign has inspired global solidarity. The challenge of ending poverty has progressed from an idea of good intent to a global campaign, enthusiastically embraced.
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