Women For Yes: coming together to honour, inform and energise for YES
Missed out on the launch of Women For Yes? Read all about it.
22nd August, 23 Read more
Video | Authors Thomas Mayo and Kerry O’Brien on The Voice to Parliament Handbook
Catch up on a conversation between renowned Indigenous leader Thomas Mayo and journalist Kerry O’Brien, hosted by the Readings Foundation at the Church of All Nations on 25 May 2023.
8th June, 23 Read more
Final message of 2022 from Mary Crooks AO
As this year draws to a close, we have an exciting final announcement to make...
22nd December, 22 Read more
Meet the team: Tarik Bayrakli on gender equality and parenthood
Get to know Tarik Bayrakli, manager of Club Respect, one of our major harm prevention initiatives. Tarik is also host of Smart Plays, a new podcast that uncovers the biggest problems facing Australian sport, and what it will take to bring sport into the modern world of respect.
6th October, 22 Read more
Boys Being Boys?
In this article for the Trust Journal, medical student Niranjanan Sriganeshwaran explains why he was compelled to write a one person play unmasking toxic masculinity.
16th September, 22 Read more
Matters That Count: Jacqueline Emery on Affordable Childcare for All Families
Royal Far West CEO Jacqueline Emery writes why the fate of rural and remote communities in years to come depends on what we do about early learning now.
22nd April, 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
A message to journalists reporting on violence
"I’ve been writing about the erasure of men’s violence against women in the media for over a decade now. I’ve written articles, started the FixedIt social media campaign, studied it university and written a book about it. So, I guess by now you could almost call it an obsession."
8th April, 21 Read more
Reflections on Coercive Control
Megan Rosato reflects on 'Love, Power and Control' webinar series, featuring experts from the UK and Australia discussing the implications of criminalising coercive control.
7th April, 21 Read more