Anonymous Was A Woman Podcast

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Anonymous Was A Woman with Jamila Rizvi and Astrid Edwards is a conversation on books by, and about, women.

Join our discussion using hashtag #AnonymousWasAWomanPod, and don't forget to follow Jamila (on Instagram and Twitter) and Astrid (also on Instagram and Twitter).

This podcast is brought to you by Future Women and Hachette Australia. The podcast is produced by Bad Producer Productions.

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Recent Hosts, Guests & Topics

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Hosts

Georgie Dent Jamila Rizvi Astrid Edwards

Previous Guests

Emma
Emma is a mother whose story highlights the challenges faced by parents in accessing affordable childcare. Her experiences reflect the broader issues of housing insecurity and the impact of childcare costs on women's job security and financial stability.
Kelly
Kelly is a regional mother who faced challenges in accessing suitable childcare for her son. She had to resort to hiring a private carer when local childcare services could not accommodate her son's needs for full days of care.

Topics Discussed

childcare crisis gender inequality gender pay gap super gap affordable childcare housing insecurity childcare deserts Australia parents experts financial challenges work schedules cost of living working parents cost of working trap
Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on Anonymous Was A Woman Podcast.

0:00 1:34

We are back | Anonymous Was a Woman's NEW Stella Season

We are back! Jamila Rizvi introduces a special Stella Season of Anonymous Was A Woman.

Astrid Edwards, FW book nerd and Chair of Judges for the 2025 Stella Prize, has interviewed the six authors shortlisted this year.

Astrid interviews Michelle de Kretser (Theory & Practice), Santilla Chingape (Black Convicts: How Slavery Shaped Australia), Melanie Cheng (The Burrow), Samah Sabawi (Cactus Pear For My Beloved), Jumaana Abdu (Translations) and Amy McQuire (Black Witness: The Power of Indigenous Media).

Interviews will drop before the winner is announced on Friday 23 May 2025.

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0:00 40:29

CHILDCARE CRISIS: Nothing less than a revolution

Hosts
Georgie Dent
Guests
Emma
Keywords
childcare crisis gender inequality gender pay gap super gap affordable childcare housing insecurity

Hey Anon listeners! We wanted to share another podcast we think you'll love about Australia's childcare crisis. It's called At What Cost?

In the blur of early parenthood, many parents don’t stop to think about how the roles they adopt at home – as the primary caregiver, or as the breadwinner – impact their careers and finances in the long-term. But they do. And when families can’t access affordable childcare, it’s generally women whose job security takes a hit. This fuels gender inequality on a national scale… contributing to the gender pay gap and the super gap. It also leaves real mums like Emma, whose story we hear in this episode, grappling with housing insecurity and an uncertain future.

Join our host Georgie Dent in our third and final full-length episode as we unpack the costs of the childcare crisis to gender equality and the economy Plus: experts share five key solutions that could help make childcare truly accessible and affordable for all – which would be transformative for our country, and especially women.

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    0:00 30:01

    CHILDCARE CRISIS: The childcare deserts

    Hosts
    Jamila Rizvi Astrid Edwards
    Guests
    Kelly
    Keywords
    childcare crisis childcare deserts Australia parents experts financial challenges work schedules

    Hey Anon listeners! We wanted to share another podcast we think you'll love about Australia's childcare crisis. It's called At What Cost? 

    When is a choice not a choice? Almost a quarter of Australia’s population is now living in a ‘childcare desert’ - and this scarcity means that many families’ financial and work schedules hinge on being offered a childcare spot in the first place. 

    In this episode, we hear from real parents and experts about the near-impossible workarounds for families who can’t access suitable childcare and can’t afford not to work: from regional mum Kelly, who forked out for a private carer when the local childcare refused her son full days of care, to agricultural workers taking their kids to work on the farm. 

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    0:00 24:15

    CHILDCARE CRISIS: The guilt-filled juggle

    Hosts
    Jamila Rizvi Astrid Edwards
    Keywords
    childcare crisis affordable childcare cost of living working parents cost of working trap

    Hey Anon listeners! We wanted to share another podcast we think you'll love about Australia's childcare crisis. It's called At What Cost? 

    Australia is known as the “lucky country”. So how did struggling to access affordable childcare become the norm? Amid a cost-of-living crunch, most families say they need two incomes to make ends meet. But with childcare fees in Australia being among the highest in the world, parents are caught in a “cost of working trap”: they can’t afford not to work, but the cost of care is so high it eats into their earnings. 

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