'Dr Anne Aly family migrated from Egypt when she was two, and settled in western Sydney. Her professionally qualified parents worked in factories and as a bus driver while she attended the Anglican girls school Meriden in Strathfield,' @harejulie writes. 'She took herself back to Egypt for undergraduate studies in English & acting before returning to Australia, to live in Perth with her first husband.

The marriage was violent. She left with her two sons & no money, discovering the brutal reality of a dole queue and little hope.'

A 🧵 on a piece of @MonashUni research that ought to make us all weep, retch, explode with white rage & demand better.

'Between 2001-2018 middle-aged women have gone from a place of relative mental calm, to reporting the highest level of serious mental distress.' "This dramatic rise in mental distress is closely associated with financial insecurity. A large portion of Australian women grow poorer as they move along a socially and politically engineered, gendered poverty trajectory."

Meet Patti. She's a member of @the_parenthood, a woman on a mission to empower Australians to develop financial security, a mum of 2 & an all-round gem. You can find out more about her here. instagram.com/pattionthemone… She recently spoke to @Mamamia about something totally wild ... so wild it seems like it couldn't possibly be true. And yet? It is!

Patti & Joseph will save $13,000 A YEAR on daycare fees due to relocating from Sydney to Brisbane. mamamia.com.au/daycare-fees-s…

'When I walked onto the stage for the Melbourne #March4Justice & saw a giant mass of people stretching beyond the horizon, I was transformed. The first oceanic roar of tens of thousands of voices was powerful beyond words,' @MarcellaBrasset reflects in @WomensAgenda 'We stood together & roared for First Nations women, women of colour, trans women, women journalists, for gender equality activists, for survivors, for the women & children who have lost their lives to gendered violence. We roared together for *all* women and girls to be safe.'

For too long individual women have carried the burden of managing sexual harassment & assault in their places of work. It is too often that victims of harassment & assault lose their jobs, their income, their standing - rather than perpetrators. It is critical and overdue that employers assume active responsibility not just for managing sexual harassment after it occurs but preventing and eliminating it. Providing a complaints mechanism after the fact is not good enough.

It came to me last night as I attempted to find my way into slumber. The PM @ScottMorrisonMP had heard ‘rumours’ of allegations against a Cabinet minister from inquiries via @4corners & @Milliganreports 'Nothing of substance' though. He couldn’t possibly 'interfere'. I mulled over this last night and I do not believe the PM is telling the truth. I call bullshit and I rarely swear.

I thought back to that day in October last year when I received a phonecall from the PM's office telling me to stop criticising their federal budget.

Women, who comprise slightly more than half the population, who have carried Australia through this pandemic and borne the brunt of the adverse financial & social implications of COVID19 get 0.0385% of the $600B+ spend. There's no way that's not shocking. But wait! There's more! The fact the Treasurer attempted to dress up this minuscule contribution of $240 million in the 'Women's Economic Security Statement' as significant for women was galling.

I just dug out this interview from Budget night back in May 2015 when @albericie interviewed myself & Julia Davison the CEO of @GoodStartel on #Lateline about.... DRUMROLL ... the need to reimagine early childhood education & care in Australia.
abc.net.au/lateline/inter… #auspol A few reflections. First, the fact @albericie gave early education & care and paid parental leave (not to mention a very green TV talking head) airtime on Budget night was not nothing. It was testament to her appreciation of these issues as critical - especially for women.

What @NyadolNyuon has achieved in her 33 years is extraordinary. She was born in a refugee camp in Ethiopia, separated from her mother at a young age and was raised in a refugee camp in Kenya with 90,000 displaced Africans. She resettled in Australia with her family as a refugee at age 18. She completed her VCE and then a Bachelor of Arts before being accepted into Melbourne Law School.

She is now a commercial litigator with a prestigious Melbourne law firm.

A thread on how COVID19 is revealing just how very broken Australia's early childhood education & care system is. For several weeks there has been uncertainty about how school should be delivered. Will they close? Should students attend? Are teachers safe?

There has been NO uncertainty, however, about whether teachers or schools are needed. It's understood they're both critical.