The AIIA is celebrating International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month with two weeks of female-centred and authored articles in Australian Outlook and an international hybrid event on Gender and Humanitarian Action!
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9 March AIIA National Office webinar and in-person event – Gender and Humanitarian Action
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10 March AIIA National Office webinar – China’s hypersensitivity: The world’s problem? The ‘invention’ of China and the promotion of anxiety
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16 March AIIA VIC webinar – Meet the Ambassador: HE Vicki Treadell CMG MVO, British High Commissioner to Australia
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Scholars and practitioners met in Tokyo for the second iteration of the AIIA’s Indo-Pacific Research Forum. Read the event description and see videos and photos taken during the day!
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Australian Outlook

Illustration of diverse women. Source: Angelina Bambina, Shutterstock.

Letter From the Editor: International Women's Day 2021

05 March 2021

Welcome to the fourth annual International Women’s Day special edition of Australian Outlook! International Women’s Day provides an opportunity to celebrate the achievements of women, acknowledge the specific challenges women face, and think critically about the ways in which these challenges can be addressed.

Parliament House At Dusk, Canberra ACT Source: Thennicke https://bit.ly/2ZsyTT3

5 March 2021: The Week in Australian Foreign Affairs

By Isabella Keith

05 March 2021

This week in Australian foreign affairs: Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare’s passing; Brisbane’s 2032 Olympics bid; Australia-Republic of Korea Senior Officials Policy Dialogue; and more.

Departure of children after 42 days of confinement. Source: F. Nestares P. https://bit.ly/3sDjrQS

COVID-19: A Man-Made Gender Disaster?

By Dr Sarah Bradshaw

05 March 2021

The disaster created by COVID-19 is not gender neutral. This is not due to the characteristics of the virus, but rather the government’s policy responses to the pandemic itself.

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