WOMEN AND WHITLAM IBD

Sinopse

The Whitlam government transformed Australia. And yet the scope and scale of the reforms for Australian women are often overlooked.The Whitlam government of 1972-75 appointed a womenâÇÖs advisor to national government - a world first - and reopened the equal pay case. It extended the minimum wage for women, introduced the single motherâÇÖs benefit and paid maternity leave in the public service, ensured cheap and accessible contraception, funded womenâÇÖs refuges and womenâÇÖs health centres, introduced accessible, no-fault divorce and the Family Court, and much more.Women and Whitlamábrings together three generations - including Elizabeth Evatt, Eva Cox, Patricia Amphlett, Elizabeth Reid, Tanya Plibersek, Heidi Norman, Blair Williams and Ranuka Tandan - to revisit the Whitlam revolution and to build on it for the future.âÇÖPolitical history at its best.âÇÖ - Jenny HockingâÇÖ... a reminder that politics can be radical, feminist and one that we can be proud of.âÇÖ - Yasmin PooleâÇÖInvaluable ... a clarion call to younger generations.âÇÖ - Virginia Haussegger