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“I don’t ever remember personally feeling the negative connotation behind the word ambitious until I started dating my now husband," said the Duchess of Sussex on her new podcast, Archetypes.
You might know Nazanin Boniadi from Homeland or How I Met Your Mother, but did you know she was awarded the 2023 Sydney Peace Prize for her activism following the death of Mahsa Amini?
If you read one thing today, please make it this:
@JulieBishopMP
did not hold back at our event tonight. From frank advice to hilarious anecdotes, she told the room, "If you're trying to be a man, it's a waste of a woman." Read all her wisdom here.
#futurewomen
#offtherecord
@Milliganreports
's Witness and Nardi Simpson's Song of the Crocodile have been long-listed for
@TheStellaPrize
2021. Congratulations to you both 👏 Hear Louise & Nardi speak at the FW x
@HachetteAus
IWD author panel on Mon March 8. Limited tickets:
“For some people, they need to pick a fight, because they get pumped up. So if you can recognise a strategy, it’s already less powerful.”
@zalisteggall
opens up about the race putting Tony Abbott in the “fight of [his] life” this election.
#HerVote
We’re delighted to share something we've been working on for more than 6 months. A labour of love. A labour of purpose. A labour in the pursuit of change.
Our new podcast There’s No Place Like Home pulls back the curtain on domestic and family violence.
Sheryl Sandberg once said, "If you're offered a seat on a rocket ship, don't ask what seat. Just get on." Well today we officially launch, and we're offering you a seat. Head to . No questions.
The
@wheelercentre
, with support from Future Women, are delighted to announce an unmissable event as part of their Broadly Speaking series:
@rgay
in conversation with
@JamilaRizvi
.
Big news! Future Women and
@HachetteAus
will embark on a two-year publishing and entertainment partnership from January 2021. That's an awfully formal way of saying that we're going to be bringing you the best from more inspirational authors, in more locations and more often.
The world had considerably different reactions when it came to judging New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison's ability to balance parenthood and work, and
@annabelcrabb
is dissecting the disparity head on.
It was a privilege to host
@EmRusciano
for a fireside chat with
@JamilaRizvi
on day two of our
#FWSummit
.
Candid and clever, Em shared some powerful words of advice for women fighting to be diagnosed with ADHD or autism❤️ 👇
This week, Kate Jenkins' time as Sex Discrimination Commissioner comes to an end.
In Kate's seven year tenure, the world reckoned with the
#MeToo
movement before Australia grappled with its own reckoning on workplace sexual assault, harassment and abuse.
It's an average of 15-hours p/w that encapsulates the domestic disparity between husbands and wives in hetero-normative households. In her latest essay, Men at Work,
@annabelcrabb
illuminates us on what she calls a "weird, unwritten law". (Paywall)
Who cares?
That was Jamila Rizvi's response to the media firestorm dogging Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin after she was filmed dancing and singing at a private event.
Jamila says it's the person who leaked the video, not Marin, who should be embarrassed.
What do you think?
Australia's Sex Discrimination Commissioner,
@Kate_Jenkins_
, giving a soaring keynote address to kick off our
#FWSummit
.
We’re so excited for the biggest event on the Future Women calendar. Happy International Women’s Day eve.
Every year at our
#FWSummit
we recognise a person who has made a significant contribution to the advancement of women with our Trailblazer Award.
Our 2023 Trailblazer was none other than the architect of the Respect
@Work
laws,
@Kate_Jenkins_
Thank you for everything, Kate.
She’s a poet, an award-winning & best-selling author & author-illustrator of 3 picture books. She’s also a mother & keen gardener. Her talent for storytelling & formidable presence on the page captures hearts & minds to challenge the way we think about racial justice & equality.
@yassmin_a
recently joined the Future Women community to talk about her new book, Talking About A Revolution, and her personal journey. We adore this quote ❤️
ID in alt text.
Dr Neela Janakiramanan joined Future Women Live to discuss how her surgical training - and the burnout, pressure, and abject sexism that came with it - inspired her to write The Registrar.
@NeelaJan
Today is International Day of People with Disability. The theme for this year is leadership and participation of persons with disabilities toward an inclusive, accessible and sustainable post COVID-19 world. Here, we learn from one of our favourite speakers,
@carlyfindlay
OAM.
We're thrilled to announce a portion of every FW membership will go to educating Indigenous girls. All the details on our partnership with
@AIEFoundation
in our newsletter.
🎉 Work. Love. Body. hits the shelves today 🎉
We are so proud of this book, which explores the pressing question: Will Australian women be worse off in a post-pandemic world?
Get your copy here:
Join tonight's book launch:
CW: domestic abuse.
Victims are more than the people they’re connected to. More than a mother. A sister. A wife. A friend. A partner.
@tarang_chawla
speaks candidly on the importance of remembering the whole person. Their life. Not just their death.
@JamilaRizvi
@amani_haydar_
Rosie Batty and
@TamePunk
have both channelled personal tragedy into a fight for justice. They are trailblazers whose voices have brought comfort, solace and power to countless many Australian women.
15 years ago, Senator Sarah Hanson-Young became the youngest woman ever to be elected to the Australian parliament. Since, then she's become a leading voice on climate and human rights.
We’re thrilled that Senator
@sarahinthesen8
will be joining our
@PlanAustralia
panel.
Great news! From next year, businesses that employ over 100 people will need to report their gender pay gaps.
Under the Australian-first reforms, more than four and a half million employees will be able to access their employer’s pay gaps from 2024.
In August,
@EmRusciano
struck a chord with countless women across the country with her powerful address about being diagnosed with ADHD later in life.
As you all know, she’s a phenomenal speaker. Which is why we couldn't be happier to share this news with you.
"It’s 2019, women at work should not feel they need to conform to a particular image or speak in a certain way.” -
@azmeenahussain
, the first Muslim, female partner of law firm Maurice Blackburn, opens up about what inspires her.
Hear something racist, offensive or a bit on the nose? Worried a project isn't diverse enough?
Speaking up may seem daunting - you may be worried you won't make a difference. But, as Tanya Hosch (
@tanyahosch
) points out, this is the kind of ongoing allyship that affects change.
Today we had the privilege of speaking with
@hannah_diviney
about going viral not once but twice, and the path that led to her formidable media advocacy that led Beyonce and Lizzo to change their ableist song lyrics.
Thank you, Hannah.
The wait is over. Untold Resilience hits the shelves today.
#UntoldResilience
is a timely and uplifting book of true stories from 19 women whose resilience has seen them survive extraordinary global and personal tragedy. Buy now:
@JamilaRizvi
@helenmccabe
CW: domestic abuse and homicide.
Victims killed by domestic violence perpetrators are more than a statistic.
At the launch of There’s No Place Like Home,
@tarang_chawla
discusses the importance of remembering the choices THEY made - not simply the ones taken from them.
“There’s nothing that you achieve that comes easy - it takes planning, good coaching and self belief.”
@zalisteggall
on being both a successful Olympian and a politician.
#HerVote
“There should be a national action plan on advancing the well-being of Aboriginal women and girls.”
@teelareid
discussing
@June_Oscar
AO’s 2020 Wiyi Yani U Thangani report.
Featuring a moving panel discussion with Future Women’s
@JamilaRizvi
, anti-violence advocate
@tarang_chawla
,
@CommBank
Next Chapter’s Sian Lewis, family violence survivor and author
@amani_haydar_
and violence prevention specialist Moo Baulch.
NSW Government will introduce a bill to legislate affirmative consent - leading the way for consent law in Australia. This is a hard earned victory for survivors, one reform of many that are required. Congratulations to the woman who started it all
@SaxonAdair
On The Drum yesterday, our Deputy MD Jamila Rizvi (
@JamilaRizvi
) spoke about how our country is experiencing a labour and skill shortage. She says that one possible solution lies in Australia’s most untapped resource: women.
“This week the world watched as a woman, new mother and Prime Minister demonstrated typically ‘feminine’ behaviour. And she has proven just how powerful that can be.”
@JamilaRizvi
@JacindaArdern
Want to hear more from Louise? She's joining the stage at the FW x
@HachetteAus
IWD Author Panel on March 8 in Sydney. Learn more and get your tix here:
"Boys are raised to exit the field in highly emotional conversations whereas girls are expected to lean into them, to make people feel included and cared for." -
@JamilaRizvi
discusses a contentious but often invisible issue.
Why do women often shy away from self promotion? How do you persuade someone to donate to your cause & how do you get over the nerves of public speaking?
Mara-Jean Tilley, Director
@garvaninstitute
answers this and more as she and
@helenmccabe
dissect her leadership career.
How do you measure mental illness?
If you’ve got one, chances are you’ve probably tried. But the answer doesn’t lay in our minds, or our bones, or our tissue. It’s in a world that demands an answer to the question in the first place.
@AjaSaysHello
is the voice in our head on fast fashion, helping build a more sustainable world one unpurchased tank top at a time.
Here’s Aja on why you should try closing the laptop and step away from the sales this Black Friday.
#fastfashion
#blackfriday
Making superannuation a priority should be top of the to-do list for every woman. In our final podcast episode fro the series
@JamilaRizvi
speaks to
@JaneCaro
,
@womeninsuper
's Cate Wood and financial planner
@claireqfadvice
on how to make the most of yours
In today's promo we introduce the host of There's No Place Like Home, Tarang Chawla.
@tarangchawla
is a lawyer, writer and anti-violence advocate. In 2015, Tarang's sister, Nikita, was murdered by her husband.
In her new book "Any Ordinary Day", where people only dare to whisper and think,
@LeighSales
gives a voice to the difficult questions that shape our everyday experience. It is a major page turner. (Paywall)
#BookReview
📚
So far, There’s No Place Like Home has charted the devastating impact domestic and family violence has on those subjected to it.
But what about the people who witness it?
"Yes, men need to step up and be better allies. But women also need to step up and fight for a feminism that is genuinely diverse and inclusive, not a white, able-bodied, straight, and exclusive feminism" -
@JamilaRizvi
#FWSummit
'One of the most striking aspects about Wikramanayake's appointment is that a female, immigrant with Sri Lankan heritage, is about to occupy an industry long dominated by white, private school-educated, males.' ✊🏾
Nina* never knew if Joe* was telling the truth. Joe said he used to be a police officer, and that he still had good mates who served on the force. Joe said he knew everything there was to know about the courts.
This
#TransDayOfVisibility
, here’s award-winning author of Finding Nevo and The Pronoun Lowdown,
@FindingNevo1
- a queer, non-binary, Jewish writer, performer, activist and public speaker - with
@JamilaRizvi
on why trans visibility and acceptance (and pronouns!) matter.
Our Chief Creative Officer
@JamilaRizvi
will be hosting award-winning journalist
@Milliganreports
, writer and musician Nardi Simpson, and youth activist
@DaisyJeffrey2
as they talk about gender politics, intersectional feminism, & the rights of women to live free of violence.
“As a disabled girl, my life is inherently political. I knew as a child that cuts to health funding meant I was less likely to see a physio than others in the classroom. I felt a real injustice. I wanted to change it.”
@EDesmarchelier
@PlanAustralia
#InternationalDayoftheGirl
“Women are 51% of the population and they occupy so few positions of leadership. That doesn’t make sense.”
@tarang_chawla
on our Engaging Men panel at
#FWSummit
.
Elly Desmarchelier (
@EDesmarchelier
) is a proud disabled woman. She’s also a writer & disability advocate who uses her voice & formidable writing talent to drive campaigns, platform marginalised voices, call out inequality & drive sorely-needed change.
“I’m so tired of the medical gaslighting that goes on with women. We know ourselves best and things have to be pretty bad for us to go to a doctor.”
@EmRusciano
's powerful words on neurodiversity and medical misogyny.
Without a doubt, the line of the day from
@danielleiwood
: "I can't help reflect that if untapped women's workforce participation was a massive iron ore deposit, we would have governments falling over themselves to give subsidies to get it out of the ground."
#jobsummit
We all like to think the justice system gets it right. But sometimes true justice isn’t within reach. In this episode of There’s No Place Like Home, we’ll hear how the courts can be manipulated, leaving victim-survivors bankrupt and exhausted.
We've been busy working on two very exciting International Women's Day events and we're almost ready to share them with you. Add March 4 & 8 to your diaries and check our socials at the end of this week. These events sold out last year so you don't want our announcement!
#IWD2021
“If you have people with diverse opinions sitting in a room coming to a consensus, you’re going to improve the quality of the solutions that emerge from that”
@ShireenMorrisMs
on gender parity in Parliament
#HerVote
.
@WGEAgency
has revealed that progress in closing the gender pay gap has stalled for the first time in nearly a decade, stuck at 22.8% - or $26,596 a year.
"But isn't paying people less for the same work illegal?"
@rleahygatfield
explains:
New data reveals just how gender-biased news reporting of the federal election has been. Of the top ten most quoted politicians, there is not a single woman.
@JamilaRizvi
‘If I had a dollar for every person who told me after a meeting, “Oh my god, I’m so glad you said that”. Can you just say it in the room?’
NAIDOC Week’s theme is Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up! As
@tanyahosch
notes, it’s time that allies do just that.
IT’S OUR BIRTHDAY!
We’ll be honest. Starting a new business isn’t easy. At times, the pandemic made for some terrible twos and terrifying threes. But we made it, and we’re so proud of what we’ve built. What you’ve helped us to build.
Thank you.
"Our challenge now is to challenge the unequal world we inhabit. To do so with impact, we must first unpack and unfold, breakdown and breakthrough" - our fearless editor-at-large,
@JamilaRizvi
pens the FW manifesto. Time to get acquainted.
To mark the end of Women’s Health Week, we’re thrilled to announce the launch of Jobs Academy - a free, year-long membership designed to support women who are looking for work, more work, or new work. EOIs are now open here:
“Girls in South Sudan are more likely to die in childbirth than graduate secondary school.” - Susanne Legena,
@PlanAustralia
CEO on why we still need an
#InternationalDayoftheGirl
It's with great pride that we introduce the first of our incredible NAIDOC Week 2022 Breakfast Panel speakers: Tanya Hosch (
@tanyahosch
), Executive General Manager of Inclusion and Social Policy AFL.
Has there ever been a book quite as timely?
In Sex, Lies and Question Time, former MP Kate Ellis explores the good, the bad and the ugly of life as a woman in Australian politics.
🎧 Listen now:
"Those of us who have greater visibility need to recognise that we have a responsibility to share the voices of those who don’t get so much amplification.”
@MariamVeiszadeh
at
#FWSummit
.
We sent author, poet and illustrator Maxine Beneba-Clarke (
@slamup
) to
@VisitCanberra
to explore, think, write and experience A Room of One’s Own.
There were exhibitions, hotel goodies, local festivals, delicious crepes from the market and a boat ride on Lake Burley Griffin.
May victim-survivors continue to take back their power - and their stories - in 2023.
A throwback to the brilliance of former Australian of the Year Grace Tame's conversation with Future Women last year about her memoir, The Ninth Life of a Diamond Miner.
Future Women's highly successful Jobs Academy pilot program is now being extended, with a focus on women over 40, thanks to funding announced in tonight’s federal budget.