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Women’s unpaid work at home has declined much more than men’s contributions have increased.
In the first 25 years of the century, Australia elected its first female prime minister and introduced paid parental leave, but how much have things really improved for women?
Who does what chore can be a major source of tension in many households. Our survey of same-sex couples and their routines revealed four key strategies that can help lighten the load for everyone.
NAIDOC Week can mean additional labour for Aboriginal people in workplaces. New research has found this is not just around NAIDOC Week, and Aboriginal women are disproportionately affected.
While most heterosexual couples are dual-earners, super rich couples continue to have gender-traditional arrangements in which the man is the sole breadwinner.
Women have to take on more unpaid labour – and manage their emotional response to this extra work.
During California’s deadliest wildfire season, 2,000 prison inmates fought the flames on USD$1 a day.
Offering unpaid positions for what should be a paid job is against the law in Australia. What should graduates do then if they’re looking to get a foot in the employment door?
Global activism has played a big role in outlawing unpaid internships. Here’s how protests and social media shaming spurred negative media coverage of unpaid internships.
Informal caregivers play a vital role in medical tourism yet find themselves unprotected as “shadow workers” in a multi-billion dollar industry.
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Professor, Department of Geography, Simon Fraser University
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Associate Professor of Communication Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Associate Professor, Communication, University of Toronto
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Professor of Cultural Policy, University of Leeds
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Postgraduate Researcher, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Senior Lecturer Sport Business Management, Western Sydney University
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Associate professor, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University
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Associate Professor, Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara
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Lecturer, Department of Indigenous Studies, Macquarie University
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Visiting Professor of Social Inequities and Injustice, Loughborough University
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Principal Research Fellow, Griffith University
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Researcher and Consultant
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Professor, Critical Indigenous Studies and Director of The Centre for Global Indigenous Futures, Macquarie University
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina – Charlotte