Breaking boundaries to reimagine space is crucial
SARAH FURMAN AND ELISE STEPHENSON | The Deputy Head of NASA, Pam Melroy, was clear in telling her Australian audience in early… Read More
SDG 5 Gender equality
Gender equality isn’t just a basic human right―it’s a vital basis for a harmonious, thriving, and sustainable society. While there has been advancement in recent years, we are not currently on course to realise gender equality by 2030. Females make up 50 percent of the global population and thus hold half of its potential. However, gender inequality endures universally impeding social progress.
Griffith University is aligned with the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and committed to tackling global challenges around gender equality. Below are some of our outputs supporting this goal.
The latest risk: the intelligence sector’s stifling lack of diversity?
ELISE STEPHENSON AND SUSAN HARRIS RIMMER | In recent years, many global intelligence agencies are turning their eye inward with major reforms,… Read More
The persistence of sexual violence in conflict: Ending the zero-sum approach
SARA E DAVIES AND JACQUI TRUE | Over twenty years ago, UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) on Women, Peace and Security… Read More
Expanding the Women, Peace and Security agenda to the next frontier—space
KAREENA DHILLON AND ELISE STEPHENSON | The United Nations’ Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda reflects strong evidence that involving women in… Read More
The undiscussed impact of climate change in Tuvalu
TERESA LIFUKA-DRECALA | Tuvalu is the fourth smallest nation in the world and one of the most affected by the impacts of climate change. Read More
Uplifting women in the kava industry not a break in Pacific tradition
NIKKI RICHARDSON | In some parts of Vanuatu, women are still forbidden from entering a nakamal, or ‘kava bar’, as it is traditionally… Read More
Old inequalities, new space? Women, peace and space security
ELISE STEPHENSON AND CASSANDRA STEER | Senior US Space Force officials visiting Australia have warned that a conflict in space in the… Read More
Poverty and power: Women’s entrepreneurship in the Asia-Pacific region
The Asia-Pacific region is changing the world. It hums with an entrepreneurial energy and spirit of opportunity that permeates everywhere from local marketplaces to the sprawling headquarters of multinational corporations. Read More
