Gender

In this episode of Only Human we meet Antonia, formerly Anthony John Pearce. As a young man, Anthony was a handsome singer-songwriter who had no shortage of female attention. Except one day everything… Audio

A new report suggests New Zealand's not as inclusive as it could be, when it comes to getting Muslim women involved in sport. Researchers at Waikato University have looked at the experiences of Muslim… Audio

The latest survey from Research NZ shows that Kiwis continue to be heavily in favour of euthanasia legislation, while the cannabis question remains finely balanced. Emanuel Kalafatelis joins the show… Audio

An insight into the lives of transgender performers and exotic dancers working in Sydney's notorious Kings Cross in the 1960s is offered in the latest novel by best-selling Hamilton-based writer… Audio

Women have been sharing their experiences of running farms in New Zealand in a thread on Twitter. Audio

Dr. Katherine Black joins the show to discuss the latest in coffee research, including the finding that women who get a caffeine fix two or three times a day have less body fat than those who drink… Audio

Professor Stephanie Coontz recently wrote an opinion piece saying "many different-sex couples would have happier and more satisfying marriages if they took a few lessons from their same-sex… Audio

English folk-punk singer Frank Turner's about to come back to New Zealand next month, and he's just put out his eighth studio album, No Man's Land, which is entirely made up of the stories of… Audio

Dr Kaisa Wilson joins The Panel to talk about the gender pay gap at TVNZ, which the organisation tried to hide. Figures showed that male presenters at TVNZ earn an average of 40 K more a year than… Audio

As Canadian midwives celebrate a landmark legal decision to end a gender pay gap, the New Zealand College of Midwives are stopping short of a threat to revive their High Court claim here. Meanwhile a… Audio

Several Pacific countries have taken heavy-handed measures in an effort to stop a new and largely unknown coronavirus from taking hold in a region already strained by several severe epidemics. Koro… Audio

Researchers from Canterbury University have found that an average female scientist at a New Zealand university earns $400,000 less than her male counterparts over her lifetime. It also found that… Audio

Many western women born between the late '60s and the mid-80s (aka Generation X) were raised to believe they can do it all and have it all. But that's a hell of a lot of pressure – especially when… Audio

A study has found the barriers to women becoming financial advisors include feeling uncomfortable at networking events centred on alcohol and dominated by men. Otago University researchers together… Audio

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A new study set out to find whether people responded differently to the presence or absence of political hashtags in news stories in major publications. Study co-author Eugenia Ha Rim Rho is with us… Audio

Seventy per cent of New Zealanders polled in a Research New Zealand online panel have stated they are in favour of the legislation which allows terminally-ill adults to request a medically-assisted… Audio

Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism is a book with a seductive title but contains a serious argument. Audio

Fiji's Minister for Women says she's encouraged by the work New Zealand has done on gender equality but both countries have work to do. Audio

National MP Jo Hayes says gender based budgeting in Fiji would be useful to examine as a potential model for New Zealand. Audio