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Editor's note
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This International Women’s Day it’s worth considering, as Susan Broomhall writes, that the path to improving women’s rights has not been one of linear progress.
The current AFL women’s competition seems less “revolutionary” than described by the AFL when you consider women were playing football in Australia more than 100 years ago. There were critics then, just as there are today.
And while women may have gained legal equality, the unpaid or underpaid work done by women, including raising children, is still largely unaccounted for.
To #beboldforchange as the International Women's Day organisers ask, we need to stop talking about “women’s issues” as if they are somehow different to social issues that affect everyone, stop hiring people that look like or sound like us, and remember that, for some, gender equality means simply having access to a toilet.
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Charis Palmer
Deputy Editor
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Top story
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Spinning, Warping and Weaving the Wool (1594-1596) by Isaac Claesz. van Swanenburg.
By permission of the Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden
Susan Broomhall, University of Western Australia
In 15th and 16th century France, two female textile guilds - comprised of single women and wives working independently of their husbands - wielded great power. By the end of the 18th century, they had been dismantled.
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Business + Economy
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Melissa Wheeler, University of Melbourne; Victor Sojo, University of Melbourne
There are many instances where underrepresented groups may be unwittingly discriminated against in recruitment due to affinity bias.
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Peter Swan, UNSW
New research reveals not only why female traders buy and sell less than men, but that they may be better at it.
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Health + Medicine
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Danielle Schoenaker, The University of Queensland; Gita Mishra, The University of Queensland
Girls who have their first period at a young age are more likely to experience poorer health as a adult, including an elevated risk of diabetes during pregnancy.
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Kristine Macartney, University of Sydney; Julie Leask, University of Sydney; Nicholas Wood, University of Sydney
Speaking on the ABC program Insiders, One Nation leader Pauline Hanson suggested there are tests available to see if children will have an adverse reaction to vaccinations. We asked three experts.
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Lesley Russell, University of Sydney
High specialist fees in this country, and what they mean for Australians' access to health care, have been of concern for some time.
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Politics + Society
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Michael Walsh, University of Canberra; Eduardo de la Fuente, James Cook University
Unlike vision or touch, sound is much more difficult to control or avoid; music in particular spills across thresholds and intrudes into situations where it is unwelcome.
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
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Mutti Anggitta, Bina Nusantara University
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Steven Rowley, Curtin University; Nicole Gurran, University of Sydney; Peter Phibbs, University of Sydney
The housing supply solution our leaders are advocating will only work if affordability is simply a problem of supply. In fact, Australia is almost a world leader in rates of new housing production.
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Podcast
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Peter Green, La Trobe University
Matt Smith speaks with La Trobe University's Peter Green about the Christmas Island red crab's battle with the recently introduced yellow crazy ant and how a parasitical wasp could be the key to its survival.
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Science + Technology
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John Long, Flinders University
The first truly terrestrial animals evolved from ancient fishes that left the water for land. But what prompted to move has been a mystery.
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Paul Ralph, University of Auckland
Following reports of travellers to the US being forced to unlock their phones for border officials, here are some steps you can take to prevent your personal data from being exposed.
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Environment + Energy
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William Jackson, University of the Sunshine Coast
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