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25.01.2022 https://www.dw.com/en/gender-equality-germany/a-54086234

25.01.2022 On 30 September, 2020, as part of the United Nations Global Compact’s Uniting Business LIVE event to mark the opening of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly, Women Political Leaders (WPL) and Arizona State University (ASU) co-hosted the session 21st Century Strategy: More women is good for business. This panel featured high-level women leaders, from both business and politics, engaging in a critical discussion on how to advance equality between women and men in the workplace. You may be interested to watch the discussion via the below link: https://www.womenpoliticalleaders.org/21st-century-strateg/

24.01.2022 https://edition.cnn.com//women-job-losses-pand/index.html

24.01.2022 https://mailchi.mp/kcl/iwd-2021?e=0718143cb3 Join Global Institute for Women's Leadership and Ipsos MORI in the week of International Women's Day to discuss what's next for gender equality as we emerge from Covid-19.

24.01.2022 UPDATE RESULTS - 14 women elected!! seems like they went even better than last time! This weekend the Australian Capital Territory goes to the polls... last time (2016) the result was the first female parliamentary majority in Australia's political history! Good luck to all the women running and lets hope the result is as spectacular!... Photo: Karleen Minney

18.01.2022 download the new anti Harassment guidelines from CWP HQ!

17.01.2022 I wrote an opinion piece regarding the reality of domestic abuse, with a focus on coercive control, published in the Examiner today. I thank the Examiner for running a series to stories about family violence in recent weeks as we all need to be aware of the seriousness of all forms of such abuse. Support is available - for victims and perpetrators - through the following avenues: 1800Respect - 1800 737 732 Engender Equality - 03 6278 9090 Family Violence Counselling and Suppo...rt Service (DHHS) - 1800 608 122 Relationships Australia - 1300 364 277 Aboriginal Family Domestic Violence Hotline - 1800 019 123 Men's Referral Service - 1300 766 491 Mensline Australia - 1300 789 978 https://www.examiner.com.au//christmas-can-be-a-difficul/ See more

15.01.2022 Helping Commonwealth Parliaments and Legislatures become Gender Sensitive Institutions: Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (CWP) launches its updated CWP Gender Sensitising Parliaments Guidelines. Follow the below link for further information and to view and download the guidelines. http://www.cpahq.org//CWP_launches_Gender_Sensitising_Parl

14.01.2022 https://www.marieclaire.com.au/coercive-control-campaign

13.01.2022 Chair of the Commonwealth of Australia chapter of the CWP Australia Region and Deputy President of the Senate, Sue Lines, recently spoke at the 2020 Reykjavik Global Forum for Women Leaders .

13.01.2022 More history being made! whatever happens there will be a new female Premier in Queensland next week. Good luck to all the women running for office in Queensland this weekend!!! (AAP Image: Dan Peled)

10.01.2022 disturbing research from the Inter-Parliamentary Union... https://www.ipu.org//annual-ipu-figures-reveal-increasing-

09.01.2022 South Australia joined Tasmania, Queensland and New South Wales with consideration of new legislation to combat coercive control. SA CWP representative Katrine Hildyard introduced the Bill to Parliament on 2 December 2020. Her second reading speech can be found here http://hansardpublic.parliament.sa.gov.au//HansardResult.a

07.01.2022 Interesting science from Monash University featuring Winnie Orchard, PhD Candidate at the Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health https://lens.monash.edu//mummy-brain-lasts-a-lifetime-and-

07.01.2022 Voting is underway for a new Chair for the CWP Steering Committee. Votes close on Friday 18 December 2020 so if you are a member of the CWP Australia Region have you voted yet? candidates are: * Senator Nita Green (Commonwealth of Australia)... * Sonia Hornery MLA (New South Wales) * Nicole Lawder MLA (Australian Capital Territory) for information on how to vote speak with your CPA branch secretary.

06.01.2022 Vale Susan Ryan https://www.canberratimes.com.au//a-womans-place-is-in-th/

06.01.2022 International Day of the Girl Child is Sunday, 11 October 2020. See below for details of a webinar being held next Thursday, 15 October, focusing on Pacific girls and COVID-19. https://mailchi.mp//international-day-of-the-girl-child-pa

06.01.2022 I recently moved a motion regarding the impact of family violence and called on the Government to take a non-partisan approach to addressing this national crisis. My speech can be accessed here: https://ruthforrest.com.au/parli/speeches/motion/656-motion

05.01.2022 A late night drive home from events in Hobart coincided with a much more civilised meeting time for The Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians. I’ll take finishing by 11pm over starting at 3am anytime. Continuing our work to support women in parliaments across the globe. Some significant challenges ahead as many of these countries are experiencing a devastating second wave of CoVid. #cwpaus

04.01.2022 https://mailchi.mp//how-to-end-violence-against-women-in-p

01.01.2022 FYI two women now leading the Canberra Liberals. History is being made - we also happen to be a great pair of women!!!