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purple_cube March 2006:

Childlessness: the new vote winner!

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Victorian Women's Trust Director Marilyn Lake has been included in this year's Victorian Honour Roll For Women announced on International Women's Day.

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Men have failings as investors, writes SimonHoyle.

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The cross-party collaboration by female MPs in support of the abortion pill leaves Anne Summers hopeful of a shift in federal politics that will benefit all women.

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purple_cube February 2006:

New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd has been in the news recently following the publication of her latest book 'Are Men Necessary?'.

Click here to read the transcript of her interview on the ABC's Lateline program.

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Also see Caroline Overington's response in the Australian newspaper 'Unheralded Home Heroes'.

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"How do we stop these killer men?" Phil Cleary writesin the Herald Sun (23/02/2006 'Grave insult to murdered wives').

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For more reaction to Dowd's book, see Virginia Hausseger's opinion piece in the Age 'Why do women hate Maureen Dowd'.

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No longer the towel minders on the beach, girls have hit the boards and are changing our surf culture, writes Louise Williams.

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As the child-care debate rages, the financial reality for working mothers is grim. Claire Halliday and Amanda Dunn report.

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Book review: Cupcakes and Kalashnikovs: 100 years of the Best Journalism by Women:

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Chile's first woman president:

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purple_cube January 16 2006:

Too sexy for the job:

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Ignoring terrorists in the kitchens and bedrooms:

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Struggle for identity - Aboriginal communities:

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purple_cube December 23 2005:

Long time Trust supporter, Pamela Bone, bids farewell to readers of her column in The Age.

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Trust Director, Marilyn Lake comments about the recent racial violence in Sydney

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Sushi Das, The Age, 9th December 2005, asks to hear from the boys on feminism...

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purple_cube December 14 2005:

Lib MP scathing on new welfare deal

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purple_cube November 25 2005:

Trust Director, Melba Marginson, has been involved with the Vivian Solon case:

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Family Law Reform:

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purple_cube November 14 2005:

Reproductive rights - information and taking action

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purple_cube November 7 2005:

The Heather Osland Australian Story transcript:

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the Heather Osland support group site:

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purple_cube October 31 2005:

Civil Rights Pioneer:

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purple_cube October 24 2005:

The bias inherent in the defence of provocation offended the public's sense of justice.

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purple_cube October 3 2005:

In a speech to the Going Public Conference, Labor's Julia Gillard responds to Mark Latham's diaries and also talks about women in politics, on the eve of New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark's bid for re-election (c/o Margo Kingston's Webdiary)..

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purple_cube September 26 2005:

Obesity: the new crisis for women.

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Eating soy-based foods lessens the progress of osteoporosis in women ...

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purple_cube September 19 2005:

Senator Natasha Stott Despoja: Leave alone a woman's right to reproduce.

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purple_cube September 16 2005:

Western feminists fought for the freedom to wear clothes of their choice.

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purple_cube September 9 2005:

Music transcends age and gender,so, asks Clem Bastow, what's up with this 'women in rock' stuff?

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purple_cube August 29 2005:

The Parental Leave debate:

"Goward welcomes new parental leave provisions" - HREOC

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"Goward backs IRC on parental leave" - ABC News Online

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purple_cube August 11 2005:

The rise and rise of sexism in Australia - by Stephen Mayne, latter day feminist
Are feminists just sad, old, hairy-legged lesbians who hatedmen?

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purple_cube July 25 2005:

"Mapping the feminist imagination" - an article by Nancy Fraser

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purple_cube July 4 2005:

A new discussion paper launched by federal Sex Discrimination Commissioner Pru Goward titled 'Striking the Balance: Women, men, work and family' explores men's and women's choices for balancing their competing work and family responsibilities.

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Older women and Gambling – a research paper by WIRE (Women’s Information Referral Exchange) can be found via their website.

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