Gender
Briefing paper
Violence against women is a barrier to women’s leadership
This briefing paper examines the factors involved in under-representation of women in political decision-making, worldwide. It sets out actions to mitigate this, using a case study from Papua New Guinea, where the Our Voice program advocated for the reform of electoral laws to increase women's political representation.
Report
New frontiers in gender-responsive governance: five years of the W20
After five years of the W20, women and gender equality remain at the margin of the G20. There is a real risk of the W20 representing a one-off territorial gain at a frontier that could easily be pushed back again.
Report
The Man Box: a study on being a young man in Australia
This study by Jesuit Social Services’ and The Men’s Project, involving 1,000 men aged 18 to 30 has shown that young men who comply with society’s pressures to be a ‘real man’ report poorer mental health, are twice as likely to consider suicide, more likely to commit acts of sexual harassment and experience and perform...
Conference paper
Male, stale and pale? Gender representation in metropolitan local government in Western Australia
This paper explores the historical and contemporary socio-spatial patterns of political representation across the various local government areas within the Perth metropolitan region. In particular, analysis is focused on the gendered composition of (i) candidates who stand for local government elections; (ii) those elected as local councillors; and (iii) those who hold the highest office...
Strategy
Setting the agenda: a national strategy for gender equality
Setting the Agenda is the ALP's national plan for action on gender equality.