{"id":308919,"date":"2021-09-13T01:40:11","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T01:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.broadagenda.com.au\/?p=10085"},"modified":"2021-09-13T01:40:11","modified_gmt":"2021-09-13T01:40:11","slug":"review-strong-female-lead-on-sbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/09\/13\/review-strong-female-lead-on-sbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Strong Female Lead on SBS"},"content":{"rendered":"
Strong Female Lead<\/em><\/strong> is a very powerful documentary, depicting the highs and lows of Julia Gillard\u2019s life as our first female Prime Minister.<\/p>\n Julia Gillard became Australia\u2019s first female Prime Minister in 2010, many years after numerous other countries had a female Prime Minister. The first was in 1960 – Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Ceylon\/Sri Lanka, and she was re-elected three times.<\/p>\n For many, Julia Gillard\u2019s elevation to PM was a time to celebrate that finally Australia had a woman as Prime Minister, and in the words of Anne Summers ‘there was palpable joy<\/em>,’ \u00a0she was very popular, and seeing our first female Governor General, Quentin Bryce, swear in Julia Gillard as Prime Minister was a potent image for little girls \u2013 Women can lead!<\/p>\n I have to ask: \u201cWas Australia really ready, were we as a country sophisticated enough to deserve a female Prime Minister?\u201d \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n We know that in Australia, women politicians are hyper-scrutinised on their appearance, on what they wear, whether they have or plan to have children in comparison to male politicians. Australian women politicians have recently shared their views of the sexism, harassment and misogynistic behaviour that reigns in parts of Australian Parliaments.<\/p>\n