If we are serious about equality, appointing more women to leadership roles should be accompanied by questioning the model of leadership itself.
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Sweden, Denmark and Finland report much higher levels of gender-based violence than the EU average.
Class-war rhetoric from Democratic candidates jams working-class voters into a prefabricated progressive agenda, an expert on rural and working-class communities argues.
The Sex Discrimination Act is in the news following the high-profile ‘Giggle v Tickle’ court case. Here’s how the act came to be and how it works.
Caring is often framed as a burden or challenge, rather than something that’s enjoyable and benefits society.
The policy amendment has been applauded for moving towards workplace equality. But it still raises some concerns in relation to people with disabilities.
Australia is one of the most culturally diverse countries in the world, yet leadership positions remain overwhelmingly held by white men.
By 2025, 45% of full-time workers in Australia had ‘six figure’ earnings. But years of high inflation mean cracking this threshold doesn’t mean what it used to.
Things have come a long way since the 1980s. But women still do not have the equal economic access they deserve.
People who highly value equality and purity are most likely to see excessive wealth as wrong, a new study suggests.
Tighter federal borrowing limits may deepen inequities, especially for students from underrepresented backgrounds.
The public sector shows having a gender balance at senior levels can make a big difference to pay outcomes.
A tendency to drag down those who set themselves above others, the syndrome supposedly reflects values of equality, humility and the storied ‘fair go’.
A new book argues that South Africa should ‘start again’, but the reviewer says it doesn’t make a strong case.
Recognising that some men feel left behind doesn’t mean giving in to misogynists.
Women’s presence in ‘the wild’ has always been contested, in myth, storytelling and sexist attitudes in the media that persist to this day.
How can short films and political philosophy work together to address issues of social justice?
Between 2002 and 2018, some groups actually increased their wealth on certain measures. For young people and middle Australians, however, it’s a more sobering picture.
With submissions now being sought on the Treaty Principles Bill, can the debate rise above party politics but remain grounded in evidence?
Chabani Manganyi’s courage in challenging the status quo has inspired generations of psychologists, scholars and activists who continue to use his ideas in their work.
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Adjunct Professor, Stout Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington and Auckland University of Technology, Professor of Political Science, Charles Sturt University
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Professor of African legal pluralism, University of the Western Cape
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Professor of Leadership and Organisation Studies, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Law, University of South Carolina
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Monash University
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Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Brunel University of London
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Co-Director of the ESRC Centre on Digital Futures at Work, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex
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PhD Researcher (Conceptual History of Meritocracy), University of Nottingham
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Senior Lecturer, Durham University
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Director, Centre for Sustainable Communities, University of Canberra
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Professor of Philosophy of Education, Stellenbosch University
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Professor in International Social Policy, University of Southampton
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Senior researcher, Centre for Social Change, University of Johannesburg