This week on Q+A, join us for a thought-provoking conversation about power, progress and world events.

We’ve assembled a powerhouse panel of advocates, trail blazers and voices from the next generation to debate justice, gender and resilience.

Professional women are now the single biggest voting cohort in Australia – how will this shape the upcoming election? This week we saw a group of high-profile Australians launch a campaign to improve the treatment and safety of women at home, and in the workplace. 

These big conversations are taking place against a grim backdrop of domestic and international events. The war in Ukraine is escalating, with reports of deliberate attacks on civilians by Russian forces. And back home, record-breaking floods have left thousands homeless and a massive clean-up effort ahead along the east coast. How are these major events shaping our political discourse and view of the world?  

Joining the panel in the lead up to the Sydney Opera House’s All About Women festival are podcaster and entrepreneur Lillian Flex Mami Ahenkan, visionary second wave feminist Wendy McCarthy and refugee advocate Najeeba Wazefadost. We’ll also be joined by the Founder and Editor of the online magazine Quillette, Claire Lehmann. 

And we’ll bring you a special live music performance from singer Elly-May Barnes, who hails from Australian rock royalty.

Joining Stan Grant on the panel:

Lillian Flex Mami Ahenkan, Podcaster and entrepreneur  
Wendy McCarthy, Educator and businesswoman
Najeeba Wazefadost, Refugee and gender policy advisor
Fiona Simson, President, National Farmers’ Federation
Claire Lehmann, Founder and Editor of Quillette

Please submit a question via our website by 9am Thursday for the chance to ask the panel. 

Scroll down to watch Thursday's toughest question asked by Chrestyna Kmetj, who asked the panel how they think history will judge the events in Ukraine in the past week. 👇

Watch Q+A Thursday at 8.30pm on ABC TV, streamed live 8.30pm AEST on ABC iview or on our website.