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Parenting
When it comes to kids, mothers are saddled with the ‘mental load’
The particulars of running children’s lives are boundless, enduring, invisible and stressful, but who does it all is rarely measured. New research finds it is almost always mothers.
- by Wendy Tuohy
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Analysis
Education
How Australia is failing its highly educated women
Australian women are among the most educated in the world. Why are they still so far behind when it comes to pay and opportunity?
- by Jordan Baker
‘The best moment of my life’: Matilda’s swing goes viral as girls inspired to play golf
A seven-year-old girl’s golf swing wowed the internet and US Open champion Minjee Lee. Is this a sign more young girls getting into golf?
- by Nell Geraets
Editorial
Schools
Boys are becoming the weak spot in the education system
Schools must help boys do better but it must not come at the expense of recent improvements in girls’ education.
- The Herald's View
Shift workers shafted by an inflexible childcare system
The hospitality sector says parents of young children are often cut out of jobs in the industry because of the lack of flexible childcare options.
- by Katina Curtis
Opinion
Education
Why girls’ schools succeed at producing women who lead
More than half of the female independents in the new federal parliament attended a single-sex school. The result highlights the benefits of girls attending all-girl schools.
- by Loren Bridge
Parents set to save hundreds on childcare fees - but not until next year
Labor’s childcare policy promises bigger subsidies for more than a million families, but new minister Anne Aly says it’s unlikely the changes can start earlier than planned.
- by Katina Curtis
Opinion
Five Minutes with Fitz
‘People were fed up’: Sussan Ley on her punk past, feminism and why the Liberals lost
COVID crankiness not Scott Morrison was the primary drag on their vote, the new deputy leader of the Liberal Party says.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Part-time pay, full-time super: How one company aims to close the gap
EnergyAustralia said it wanted to not only encourage men to take time off when they had a baby but also tackle the gender superannuation gap.
- by Jewel Topsfield
Opinion
Liberal Party
Liberal Party lost the trust of Australian women long before Morrison
The Liberal Party’s pledge to earn “back” the trust of female voters implies the Liberals consistently had that trust before Morrison lost it at the federal election.
- by Julie Szego
Local councils ‘hotbeds of bullying, sexism, harassment’: Women lift the lid
Ten years ago, Julia Gillard called out the misogyny in politics. A year ago, Brittany Higgins told us it was still there. Now, female councillors tell their stories.
- by Sarah Brookes