52 Australian women have lost their lives to violence this year, including three in recent weeks. How do we make sure we don’t get compassion fatigue?
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Following the deaths of two older women in alleged family violence incidents, it’s time to examine how crime affects older Australians – and what we can do about it.
In inquiries and reviews, governments endlessly ask Indigenous communities what should be done, but rarely act on it. It’s time that changed.
Unfortunately, it is apparent federal and state governments are too often responding to men’s violence after the fact.
The changes run the risk that more women will remain silent and be forced to remain in violent and dangerous situations.
The tragic case reveals a structural blind spot created by a family violence definition, making it harder for victim-survivors to get the help they need.
Changing NZ’s Crimes Act to cover family pets caught in violent situations is a good start. But better resourcing and training will be needed to make it work.
Pauline Hanson’s comments amount to misinformation that risks stopping people from seeking help. Here are some of the facts.
Across the Indo-Pacific, countries are trying different approaches to men’s behaviour change programs for domestic violence. There are lessons for Australia.
One woman said her husband and his friends told her that, in Australia, police strip-search women who complain about domestic violence.
Lived experience leadership isn’t about earning a seat at someone else’s table. It’s about questioning who built the table in the first place.
Intimate partner violence increases women’s risk of suicidal thoughts and actions by two- to five-fold.
The Pacific has some of the highest rates of gender-based violence in the world. Smartphones, social media and AI deepfakes are where much of the abuse plays out.
For victim-survivors, court orders can help save their lives. But the system can be messy, open to abuse and the orders aren’t always enforced.
Young people who are being abused or neglected are more likely to turn to informal online support systems than to authorities.
New research points to ways systems could be improved so we have a better idea of how domestic violence is affecting suicides. It may help prevent women’s deaths.
The 700-page final report has strong recommendations and offers a model that should be examined across Australia.
A study interviewing teenagers reveals how parents can coercively control their children under the guise of parental discipline.
The recent deaths of two babies have both been reported as family violence. The overdue change in language gets us one step closer to keeping children safer.
One woman told the researchers: ‘He would come home and tell me that the group agreed with him.’
Top contributors
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Professor (Practice), Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University
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Professor of Family and Sexual Violence, RMIT University
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Eleanor Rathbone Chair of Sociology, University of Liverpool
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Professor of Social Work; Leneen Forde Chair in Child & Family Research, Griffith University
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Director of Monash Indigenous Studies Centre, Chief Investigator for the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence against Women (CEVAW), School of Philosophical, Historical & International Studies, School of Social Sciences (SOSS), Monash University
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ARC Future Fellow and Professor of Criminology, The University of Melbourne
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Emeritus Professor Monash University, Monash University
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Professor of Law and Deputy Director of the Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (CEVAW), The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Social Work, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Family Violence Prevention, The University of Melbourne
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Managing Director, Her Story Consulting & Postdoctoral fellow, Australian National University
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Professor, Centre for Women's Studies & Gender Research, Sociology, Monash University
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CEO, Sentencing Advisory Council
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Director of the Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Hub and Senior Lecturer in Criminology Monash University, Monash University
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Lecturer in Criminology, University of Liverpool