Gender
Supporting transgender youth
Kathryn Ryan talks with LGBTI youth sector counsellor Tommy Hamilton about how to support teenagers who are questioning their gender identity. Audio
Countdown's trans-transitioning policy
Maxine Gay of the First Union talks about policies around gender issues in the workplace. Audio
Gender bias and Facebook comments: Is there a male equivalent of a vile hag?
Analysis - Gender as a topic always seems to attract abuse, as RNZ's The 9th Floor interview with Jenny Shipley shows very clearly, writes Megan Whelan.
Rebel woman Roxane Gay
Pink is her favourite colour, she watches the Bachelor, and likes thuggish rap even though the lyrics offend her to her core. Writer, educator and cultural critic Roxane Gay made a name for herself as… Audio
Education support workers launch mediation for pay equity
Three education support workers for children with learning difficulties today launched New Zealand's first ever mediation for pay equity. Eric Frykberg reports. Audio
Break Free - a lifeline for ethnic youth
"Break Free", a practical handbook for migrant and refugee youth breaking free from family violence has just been published by the Shakti Youth Unit. It was inspired by young women from our ethnic… Audio, Gallery
Break Free - a lifeline for ethnic youth
"Break Free", a practical handbook for migrant and refugee youth breaking free from family violence has just been published by the Shakti Youth Unit. It was inspired by young women from our ethnic…
AudioThe role of women an an online world which is often hostile towards them
In this second of a series of three panel discussions about contemporary feminism, Megan Whelan talks with four women actively involved with the digital world: Anna Guenther, the co-founder of Pledge… Audio
Making New Zealand girls into tech superheros
Women only make up 15 percent of the IT workforce in New Zealand. A new competition challenging girls to design an app is hoping to change that. Audio
Intl Women's Day cause for anger due to rape comments, pay gap
Women's rights campaigners say it's sad that International Women's Day coincides with revelations around high school students boasting about having sex with unconscious girls. Audio
Genre and Gender busting acts on the bill at Newtown Festival 2017
Wellington's Newtown Street Festival brings over 100 bands to stages for one day, and there's a conscious effort to represent a range of genres and genders. Audio
Commentator - muslim men should be made to shake women's hands
Debate in Australia about whether schools should allow muslim male students to decline shaking women's hands for religious reasons. Audio
The myths of gender
Boys will be boys and girls will be girls doesn't cut it with psychologist Cordelia Fine. She says the power of testosterone is highly overrated and it is a myth that the behaviour of men and women is… Audio
Have women surfers waved goodbye to sexism?
"What you got that for? Chicks don't surf!" Has sexism in surfing decreased since the 1980s classic film Puberty Blues? Audio
Sex in the (18th century) City
What was sex like in 18th-century England? It was a time when you could be hanged for homosexuality yet gentlemen had penis-shaped shrubs in their gardens, says Julie Peakman. Audio
In the driving seat
Not that long ago, women held all of the top-ranking positions in NZ. In this episode of the Eyewitness podcast series, we discover that this is far from the case now. Audio
Stalled number of female directors 'shocking'
A third of companies on the stock exchange's main board have no woman directors, further investigation shows.
Stephen Burt on poetry
Poetry can be perplexing… some say that’s the point. But writer, poet and critic Stephen Burt is here to help. Video, Audio
Samoa PM praises Fa'afafine Association
Samoa's prime minister has praised the work of Samoa's Fa'afafine Association saying the so-called third gender should be treated equally.
