A history of the Women’s Electoral Lobby (WEL) has been prepared at the Australian National University with the assistance of Australian Research Council (ARC) Large Research Grant, No.…

In improving the status of women in the social science disciplines, some areas have done better than others. The effect of feminist critique on shaping these disciplinary histories, and contributing to their widely…

In the early 21st century increased attention was being paid to the role of parliaments and specialised parliamentary bodies in promoting gender equality or ‘gender mainstreaming’. Members of the research…

Social movements such as the civil rights movement, the environment movement and the women's movement have changed the political landscape of Western democracies in recent decades. If social movements play a crucial…