Rosie Batty’s campaign to end violence against women and children is a call to action for men and women to unite and challenge the status quo. To be bold and brave enough to say sexism, gender inequity and normalising the harmful and often innocuous behaviours that feed into acts of violence end now. And we have to do it together. Read more and watch Rosie Batty’s address.

The career of a young female helicopter pilot, based at one of Stanbroke’s remote cattle stations, is off to a flying start. At just 24, Courtney Hay has secured her dream job, mustering cattle from the air at Donors Hill Station in northern Queensland.

She is believed to be one of only a handful of women in Queensland - and the first employed by Stanbroke - in the non-traditional role, but Courtney says she always had it in her blood.

THE ABC has an all-women line-up on Wednesday, for International Women’s Day, which is such a mind-blowingly extraordinary event that the Daily Telegraph thundered about it on the front page.

I’m a guest, and my talk with Jane Caro is presented in Richard Fidler’s regular spot, Conversations, at 2pm. Read more

Erin Osborne knows better than anyone what it means to be a bold woman. The 27-year-old made the meteoric rise from one of just two young girls playing in the Tamworth cricket competition to bagging the green and gold years later as an Australian off-spin bowler. 

Women around the globe are striking to show what the world would be like without women, but for those who can’t, they are being encouraged to don red clothing instead. But there are some in the Maitland community trying to make more than a fashion statement.

Life is what you make of it and for Sharna Juett, of Auburn, she’s making the most of it by doing the things she loves. Miss Juett isn’t selfish, in fact she’s been a selfless person, giving to others and making sure our youth have a voice – whether it be at a local or state level. 

She celebrated her 21st birthday on Monday and was proud to tell Northern Argus all about what she does to help those in her community. Read her story

Some people found Alecia Allaway’s choice of career a little surprising, but the 18-year-old says she has been overwhelmingly supported in her entry into a male-dominated industry.

The apprentice electrician began working with Laser Electrical Bendigo in late January, following an eight-week work experience stint.

A leader on gender equity has called for women to re-ignite the spirit of the suffragettes ahead of an International Women’s Day engagement in the North East.

Dr Leslie Cannold said women could not hope to make greater inroads on gender equality without an increase in solidarity.

The World Economic Forum predicts the gender gap won't close entirely until 2186. That’s 170 years – nearly two centuries.

This rather surprising revelation has organisers of today's International Women’s Day urging the world to #BeBoldForChange and help to build a more gender inclusive world. But closer to home, there are organisations which are on the front foot and already doing this.

One of the beneficiaries of Treasury Wine Estates’ focus on diversity in the workplace is its Bilyara winery manager Danni Casey.

For Bendigo Health chief medical officer and executive director of clinical support services, Dr Humsha Naidoo, being bold means being proactive.

“Being aware that there are issues around equality for women in the workplace that need that extra bit of action to be taken,” she said.

When a Warrnambool mother and daughter entered the region’s only women’s art prize together, it was about more than the works they created.

For Tamara Sharp and her daughter Davida Melis-Sharp, 14, showing work at the 2017 South West International Women’s Day Art Prize symbolises embracing opportunities women have thanks to work done by previous generations.