Julia Gillard’s misogyny speech has empowered me – to speak up about her government’s shortcomings

On Tuesday night I was one of the almost 3,000 mostly women at the Victorian Arts Centre who rose from their seats in thunderous applause when the former prime minister Julia Gillard came to the stage for Not Now, Not Ever, a star-studded event commemorating 10 years since her misogyny speech, which boldly and articulately called out the treatment of women in parliament and the media.

Read Margaret Ambrose's article in the Guardian.