Matters That Count: What to do when you get The Great Brush Off
We all have a right to open and clear dialogue with our elected representatives. This is what to do when they to brush you off.
14th April, 22 Read more
Matters That Count: Dr Will Steffen on Climate Action
Earth System Scientist and ANU Emeritus Professor Dr Will Steffen tells VWT why climate action should be a pivotal election issue, especially for women and girls.
7th April, 22 Read more
Hermina Burns’ Feminist Poetry Reading List
Hermina Burns is a co-host of our 2020 poetry podcast Between the Leaves , and an accomplished poet in her own right. Hermina is the author of four poetry collections, Bite of a Bluebottle and Against Separation Creek (2019), and the just published Crossing a Line and Dodging the Relative. Hermina sees her roles of poet and feminist as intimately intertwined. Here, she shares a collection of poems that invite a reflection on feminism and the many issues women and gender diverse people face.
31st March, 22 Read more
Matters That Count: Alex Collins on Wage Justice
Hear from aged care worker and VWT volunteer on why wage justice matters to her this election year.
30th March, 22 Read more
Introducing Matters That Count
Imagine. Candidates with the best chance of winning Lower House seats in the forthcoming federal election are asked by constituents where they stand on a set of key issues of deep concern to so many, especially women. You and your friends work to secure their responses on these issues. Your summaries of their responses are promoted across your networks— family, other friends, acquaintances, colleagues and your community networks, ultimately assisting people to make informed choices about candidates on election day. Once your representative takes a seat in the Lower House, you and...
17th March, 22 Read more
The Making of Giving Voice to Menopause
Along with The Wood Foundation, the Victorian Women's Benevolent Trust proudly provided funding to help She Listens produce Giving Voice to Menopause—a short documentary that listens deeply to experiences of menopause, and redefines how we talk about it. Here, director Libby Chow talks about the experience of making this crucial film.
1st March, 22 Read more
women’s work
It's our privilege to publish this new poem from Maxine Beneba Clarke. women's work speaks to the ways in which gendered attitudes towards domestic labour changed during the pandemic. Maxine's new collection HOW DECENT FOLK BEHAVE is out now.
17th December, 21 Read more
Becoming a good enough parent
This Perinatal Mental Health Week, mum and VWT Comms Officer, Rachael Imam, shares her experience of having PND after becoming a new parent. It's more challenging–and more common–than you might think.
12th November, 21 Read more
Watch: Strong Female Lead Talk
Catch up on 'Strong Female Lead', a Zoom panel talk including Tosca Looby (director, Strong Female Lead), Kerry-Anne Walsh (author, The Stalking of Julia Gillard) Mary Crooks and moderator Nyadol Nyuon.
4th November, 21 Read more
The shape and sound of sexism in Australian politics
Documentary director Tosca Looby reflects on the state Australian politics for women, our treatment of Julia Gillard, and the photo that inspired her latest film, Strong Female Lead.
6th October, 21 Read more