LET’S HAVE A BRAVE CONVERSATION. There’s a furore online at the moment about some comments made by a Headmaster in his school Newsletter about the young man who murdered Lilie…
The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is an annual international campaign that starts on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and runs…
There is something about raising girls that induces equal parts fear and worry into the minds of even the most relaxed parent. So it is perhaps not too surprising that…
The old adage “boys will be boys” is now widely dismissed as not just an excuse for bad behaviour, but as dangerous, too – not just for girls and women,…
Kindness isn’t the cure for complex issues like bullying. If we’re serious about stamping out bullying, we need to stop thinking in trite slogans.
The time for token gestures and endless discussions about the physical, emotional psychological and financial costs of violence against women has long passed. We need to walk the talk.
Reports of improper teacher-student relationships are on the rise. Earlier this month, in a Daily Telegraph exclusive it was revealed that sexual misconduct incidents have increased by two thirds in…
Worried that your little girl is 10, going on 15? You’re not alone. When I first started working in schools with young women to give them the skills they need…
In the age of #MeToo, discussions around sexual harassment are not theoretical for most young women — but are part of their day-to-day experience.
If you have a teen, it’s highly likely that at some stage they have been sent a nude image.
I vote to eliminate the following phrases…
Whether the trolls realise it or not, their comments reveal far more about them than they ever do about those they are hoping to intimidate or discredit.
Further to last week’s post on an alarming new type of lewd cyber scavenger hunt, I thought I’d share this Opinion piece by author, columnist, journalist, semi-retired academic and social…
Regular readers will know I have spent the past six months as a volunteer Board Director for a new women’s shelter that is opening in Sydney’s northwest, The Sanctuary. Like…
In the United States, the entire month of February is devoted to Teen Domestic Violence Awareness. Here? The dating violence young people experience remains a silent epidemic. But the uncomfortable…
The following post was first published in the Daily Telegraph newspaper, and online at RendezView, 26/12/15. Is it any wonder that after overeating, overspending and feeling over the in-laws, so…
The following post was originally published by RendezView 15/10/15. Like most Australians, every time I hear news reports about yet another woman who has died at the hands of her…
I’m a proud feminist. And I’m the CEO of Australia’s largest provider of in-school workshops for teen girls that help develop self-worth and resilience. And I promote self-defence classes to…
What is the one thing teen boys say they wish adults better understood about their lives? Forget raging hormones, academic angst and peer pressure. When my team and I run…
The following guest post is by my friend and colleague Nina Funnell. It was first published by Mamamia. Nina is a Sydney based journalist, author and speaker. Her writing has…
I often find myself frustrated by much of the dialogue that surrounds teen girls as it can in fact be very damaging. Sadly, those that use these assumptions and stereotypes…
Back in 2008 I shared the excellent GirlGuiding UK report on Teenage Mental Health: Guiding The Way. This week I want to share some of the findings of this organisation’s…
I recently returned to United World College (UWC) Singapore, at both the Dover and East Campuses, to follow up on the work I did there in April, and to meet…
Back in 2008 I blogged about my concern music no longer loved women: Song lyrics have always been filled with sexual innuendo and pushed societies boundaries but this in-your-face mainstream…
