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Balance for Better: an IWD Reading List

Following our series of blog posts from authors around the Balance for Better theme, here’s some further reading perfect for International Women’s Day (or any day) – with a selection of fiction and non-fiction for young and old around redressing the gender balance.… Read the rest

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Balance for Better: Emily Brewin on balance and vulnerability

For International Women’s Day we asked some of our authors to write about this year’s theme Balance for Better, and here Emily Brewin looks at why balance is important in our willingness and ability to celebrate vulnerability in the twenty-first century. … Read the rest

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Balance for Better: Susannah McFarlane on the need for balance in storytelling

For International Women’s Day we asked some of our authors to write about this year’s theme Balance for Better, and here Susannah McFarlane looks at why redressing gender imbalance isn’t just a women’s issue, and why it begins with the stories we tell children. … Read the rest

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Balance for Better: Mary-Rose MacColl on using fiction to highlight the fight for equality

For International Women’s Day we asked some of our authors to write about this year’s theme Balance for Better, and here Mary-Rose MacColl looks at the challenges faced by women throughout the last century and using fiction to shine a light on the continued fight for equality and balance.… Read the rest

Balance for Better: Phil Barker on why businesses benefit from equality

For International Women’s Day we asked some of our authors to write about this year’s theme Balance for Better, and here Phil Barker looks at why balance is better for women, men and business.… Read the rest

Balance for Better: Sher Rill Ng on gender stereotypes & imbalances

For International Women’s Day we asked some of our authors to write about this year’s theme Balance for Better, and here Sher Rill Ng looks at why balance is better for business, innovation, and the world.… Read the rest

Press for Progress: an IWD Reading List

Following our series of blog posts from authors, here’s some further reading perfect for International Women’s Day (or any day) – with a selection of fiction and non-fiction for young and old around the themes of celebrating women and the Press for Progress.… Read the rest

Press for Progress: Eleanor Limprecht on the wartime women

For International Women’s Day and the Press for Progress theme, our authors are writing about movement towards gender parity. Here Eleanor Limprecht looks back at what’s come before, with the challenges and opportunities faced by women during the war.… Read the rest

Press for Progress: Ambelin Kwaymullina on creating space for Indigenous women

For International Women’s Day our authors are writing about movement towards gender parity, and we invited celebrated Aboriginal writer, illustrator and law academic Ambelin Kwaymullina, who comes from the Palyku people of the Pilbara region of Western Australia, to contribute an Indigenous point of view.… Read the rest

Press for Progress: Bri Lee on women in the justice system

For International Women’s Day our authors are writing about movement towards gender parity and the challenges ahead. Here Bri Lee writes about her Press for Progress in the legal industry, and the huge hurdles faced by women in seeking justice.… Read the rest

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