On Tuesday 8 March 2022 we celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD) with its United Nations (UN) theme of ‘Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow’. It recognises the global contribution of women to the climate change response. Five years ago, the UN theme embodied a similar call for gender equality (‘Women in the Changing World of Work: Planet 50-50 by 2030’). That theme highlighted disparities in the division of household labour as a barrier to personal economic advancement for women. Today, the messaging has a more inclusive emphasis: that gender equality can lead to an improved, more sustainable future for everyone. Read more...
In the wake of World War II Australia pressed the US for a treaty to protect the Pacific from Japanese expansionism and communist ideology emanating from China and Russia. The outcome was the ANZUS treaty, concluded in San Francisco on 1 September 1951. The aims were peace and protection; the means were military. The treaty has been central to the Australia-US alliance ever since, and its configuration and implementation have evolved over time—as have the security challenges. Read more...
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