On this year’s International Women’s Day, UN Women encourages us to consider how we can ‘balance the scales’ for women in all areas of society—in other words, how can we build a world that provides …
Australia’s next National Defence Strategy (NDS) risks overlooking a crucial vulnerability that’s hiding in plain sight: our people, and particularly women. The 2024 strategy identified improving workforce growth and retention as one of six immediate …
Preparedness, resilience and blurred threats were the top security concerns for panellists at ASPI’s Women in Defence and Security Network (WDSN) Gala on 12 November. In the speakers’ views, addressing these issues required collective effort …
Digital safety is emerging as a new test of regional governance and security. Across Asia and the Pacific, technology is increasingly being exploited to monitor and silence women and undermine social cohesion, including through AI-generated …
Northern Australia holds enormous potential, but for women in business and leadership, that potential is often constrained. The landscape is defined not just by distance or climate, but by the shape of opportunity: women receive …




