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2 days ago | 
womensagenda.com.au | Brianna Boecker
Amid growing social, economic and environmental pressures, there’s never been a more urgent time to amplify support for women’s health and wellbeing. As more women turn to their workplaces for support, the need for inclusive, informed and proactive strategies is essential. Too many women’s health issues continue to remain overlooked, dismissed or ignored, despite progress in policy and awareness.
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2 days ago | 
womensagenda.com.au | Brianna Boecker
The mother of missing Queensland teenager Pheobe Bishop has spoken out, as police charged her two housemates, a man and a woman, with the 17-year-old’s murder. “Our world has just been shattered into the most horrific place I’ve ever been…” Kylie Johnson wrote on Facebook, in a heartbreaking plea for more information about her daughter’s disappearance.
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3 days ago | 
womensagenda.com.au | Brianna Boecker
The first women’s-only trauma-focused boxing program is proving that ‘healing doesn’t happen in isolation’, offering a safe space for victim-survivors of domestic violence to be empowered. Located in Darwin, the ‘Knockout Violence’ program combines evidence-based practices with the power of boxing to create a supportive environment for women and girls to reclaim their strength, autonomy and sense of self.
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3 days ago | 
womensagenda.com.au | Brianna Boecker
Former Australian of the Year Professor Michelle Simmons AO has been appointed to The Tech Council of Australia’s (TCA) Board of Directors. Professor Simmons is a globally recognised quantum physicist and deep-tech entrepreneur, as well as the CEO and founder of the world-leading Silicon Quantum Computing (SQC), which was spun out of the University of New South Wales. She’s a leading voice in Australia’s efforts to enhance sovereign capability in emerging and critical technologies.
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4 days ago | 
womensagenda.com.au | Brianna Boecker
An animal rescue shelter providing critical support for families in turmoil, survivors of domestic violence and people facing homelessness is on the brink of permanent closure, in the face of rising costs and dwindling public donations.
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4 days ago | 
womensagenda.com.au | Brianna Boecker
Brittany Higgins has been appointed the Director of Public Affairs at the female-founded, boutique public relations agency, Third Hemisphere. Higgins brings over a decade of experience across media, government, public policy and advocacy as a widely-respected national voice driving institutional reform and meaningful public engagement towards many critical topics.
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5 days ago | 
womensagenda.com.au | Brianna Boecker
Around one in three Australian men report having used intimate partner violence, a groundbreaking longitudinal study has found, an increase from 24 per cent in 2022. The world-first research on intimate partner violence from the Australian Institute of Family Studies, titled Ten to Men, highlights a nationwide increase of intimate partner violence (IPV), as well as ways to tackle the problem.
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6 days ago | 
womensagenda.com.au | Brianna Boecker
US president Donald Trump has commented on potentially pardoning the disgraced music mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, saying he’d “look at the facts”. During a recent White House press briefing, a Fox News reporter asked Trump if he would consider pardoning Diddy, who is currently facing a high-profile sex-trafficking case. Prefacing the question, the reporter noted that Trump had previously said in 2012 that he was friends with the rapper. “Nobody’s asked.
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1 week ago | 
womensagenda.com.au | Brianna Boecker
The Saudi Arabian government has painted itself as an increasingly “progressive” country over the years, but its continued failure to protect women and girls from gender-based violence has been exposed through various reports. Most recently, The Guardian has gathered harrowing testimony from women allegedly held in Saudi Arabia’s notoriously secretive “jails”, or “care homes” as the country’s government calls them.
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1 week ago | 
womensagenda.com.au | Brianna Boecker
Australia has seen an acceleration in women’s board representation and gains in employment, according to the latest Financy Women’s Index (FWX), which has today unveiled a suite of proposed reforms for Labor to hardwire gender equity into the nation’s economic and social fabric. Signalling progress towards financial gender equality, the FWX rose to 77.9 points in the March quarter, which is an increase from 77.53 points in December 2024.
