UQ Women

So much has progressed in the battle for equity, but so much needs to be done. Head of School for UQ's School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, Professor Megan Cassidy-Welch, explains how a research network of humanities scholars is set to grapple with the topic of women and power.

What is intersectionality and why does it matter? UQ Workplace Diversity and Inclusion Senior Manager Jordan Tredinnick explains.

My son was 10 months old and the breasts that had provided the ‘good stuff’ to him were coming off. Soon after the mastectomy, I allowed a surgeon to end my chances of a second child by removing all my female internal organs. My son’s grandmother – the mother who’d raised me single-handedly – was dead. I’d developed her disease – familial breast cancer – an aggressive type, four years after her last breath

Juggling life as a researcher and a single mother has been the biggest challenge faced by UQ Centre for Clinical Research chief investigator Dr Hanna Sidjabat. Ahead of International Women’s Day, Dr Sidjabat shares her journey from an Indonesian student to a researcher in Australia.

The messages from these women are unmistakable: Gender Matters. UQ’s gender studies course has had profound effects on the students who take it, and those who deliver it.

Graduate and Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences sessional academic Melanie Saward is a successful writer, singer and academic, but in some circles, she won’t earn society’s respect until she has a husband.

How much has gender shaped our cities? As International Women’s Day approaches, UQ urban planning expert Dr Dorina Pojani explains how battling sexism in the industry might lead to more cyclists and less dark alleys.