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Born: Established: 1961
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Wales (UK),
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,
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Gender: Female
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1 Misogyny : What's Next? Julia Gillard , 2022 single work essay
— Appears in: Not Now, Not Ever : Ten Years on from the Misogyny Speech 2022;
1 What Do Next-Generation Activists Think? In Conversation with Chanel Contos, Caitlin Figeiredo and Sally Scales Julia Gillard (interviewer), 2022 single work interview
— Appears in: Not Now, Not Ever : Ten Years on from the Misogyny Speech 2022;
1 Personal Reflections on the Misogyny Speech Julia Gillard , 2022 single work essay
— Appears in: Not Now, Not Ever : Ten Years on from the Misogyny Speech 2022;
1 9 The Misogyny Speech Julia Gillard , 2022 single work essay
— Appears in: Not Now, Not Ever : Ten Years on from the Misogyny Speech 2022;
1 1 y separately published work icon Not Now, Not Ever : Ten Years on from the Misogyny Speech Julia Gillard (editor), Melbourne : Vintage Australia , 2022 24692508 2022 anthology essay

'Ten years on from the speech that stopped us all in our tracks – Julia Gillard's Misogyny Speech. Where were you then? And where are we now?

'Then it was done. After staying silent, I’d had my say. At no time did I feel worked up or hotly angry. I felt strong, measured, controlled. Yet emotion did play its role in the energy of the speech. The frustration that sexism and misogyny could still be so bad in the twenty-first century. The toll of not pointing it out.

'On 9 October 2012, Prime Minister Julia Gillard stood up and proceeded to make all present in Parliament House that day pay attention – and left many of them squirming in their seats. The incisive ‘misogyny speech’, as her words came to be known, challenged not only Leader of the Opposition, Tony Abbott, on his words and actions but, over time, all of us. How had we come to condone the public and private behaviours of some very public men?

'With contributions from Mary Beard, Jess Hill, Jennifer Palmieri, Katharine Murphy and members of the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership, Julia Gillard explores the history and culture of misogyny, tools in the patriarchy’s toolbox, intersectionality, and gender and misogyny in the media and politics.

Kathy Lette looks at how the speech has gained a new life on TikTok, as well as inspiring other tributes and hand-made products, and we hear recollections from Wayne Swan, Anne Summers, Deborah Mailman, Cate Blanchett, Brittany Higgins and more on where they were, and how they first encountered the speech.

'While behaviours may have improved since the misogyny speech, there remains a way to go and Julia Gillard explores the roadmap for the future with next-generation feminists Sally Scales, Chanel Contos and Caitlin Figueiredo to motivate us with that rallying cry: Not now, not ever!

'Proceeds from the book will go to the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership (GIWL).' (Publication summary)

1 Helen Reddy's I Am Woman Is Still Relevant, and That's Not Necessarily a Good Thing Julia Gillard , 2020 single work column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , October 2020;
2 26 y separately published work icon My Story Julia Gillard , Melbourne : Random House , 2014 7360725 2014 single work autobiography

' 'I was Prime Minister for three years and three days.Three years and three days of resilience.Three years and three days of changing the nation.Three years and three days for you to judge.'

'On Wednesday 23rd June 2010, with the government in turmoil, Julia Gillard asked then Prime Minister Kevin Rudd for a leadership ballot.

'The next day, Julia Gillard became Australia's 27th Prime Minister, and our first female leader. Australia was alive to the historic possibilities. Here was a new approach for a new time.

'It was to last three extraordinary years.

'This is Julia Gillard's chronicle of that turbulent time - a strikingly candid self-portrait of a political leader seeking to realise her ideals. It is her story of what it was like - in the face of government in-fighting and often hostile media - to manage a hung parliament, build a diverse and robust economy, create an equitable and world-class education system, ensure a dignified future for Australians with disabilities, all while attending to our international obligations and building strategic alliances for our future. This is a politician driven by a sense of purpose - from campus days with the Australian Union of Students, to a career in the law, to her often gritty, occasionally glittering rise up the ranks of the Australian Labor Party.

'Refreshingly honest, peppered with a wry humour and personal insights, Julia Gillard does not shy away from her mistakes, admitting freely to errors, misjudgements, and policy failures as well as detailing her political successes. Here is an account of what was hidden behind the resilience and dignified courage Gillard showed as prime minister - her view of the vicious hate campaigns directed against her, and a reflection on what it means - and what it takes - to be a woman leader in contemporary politics.' (Publication abstract)

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1 Julia Gillard and Anne Summers in Conversation Anne Summers (interviewer), Julia Gillard (interviewer), 2013 single work interview
— Appears in: Lip Magazine 2013;

'When feminist author Anne Summers announced she would be conducting two events in conversation with Julia Gillard, one commenter responded, ‘this will sell out faster than a Pink concert!’ They were right. In a testament to the deep esteem in which many Australians hold Gillard, both events sold out within hours.' (Introduction)

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