A man starts rubbing a young female journalist’s leg at a cafe. She is 29. He is older and a senior staffer for a politician. The young woman thinks two things at once: “I’m not…

Lockdowns have blurred the boundaries between people’s public and private lives enabling people to see their colleagues as “whole” people, says Professor Catharine Lumby, principal of Catharine Lumby Associates. “Where once you may have seen…

How hard is it to understand? After much pressure, wringing of hands and gnashing of teeth (and an 18 month delay), the Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, has agreed to act on (some) of the findings…

Peter V’landys, the chair of the Australian Rugby League Commission, went on record last week to emphasise his firm commitment to gender equality and women’s safety. Which is very heartening. He was also quoted in this…

I taught both my children about consent when they were still at daycare. I explained that sometimes they would be playing in the sandpit and see another child with a toy they wanted to play…

Why every organisation needs ‘ethical bystanders’ To make the modern workplace safer, we need to encourage employees to take on the role of the ‘ethical bystander’, Professor Catharine Lumby told those attending a webinar in…

International Women’s Day is a time for reflection on how far we’ve come but what is still left to do. And this year it’s pretty clear there’s still a lot left undone. Across Australia, we…