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Harvey Weinstein’s conviction isn’t the norm for perpetrators of sexual violence.
It’s dehumanising when cartoonists use images of sexual violence to make broad-brush comments about society.
Our research on gender-based violence in mental health inpatient units in Victoria shows many women are not safe in these environments.
A round-the-clock strike of Muslim women in a working-class neighborhood of Delhi is India’s most enduring pocket of resistance to religious discrimination, inequality and gender violence.
As women began to come forward with experiences of rape and abuse, backlash came forward too. The notion of ‘false memory’ developed to explain away assault. Here’s why that notion itself is untrue.
The use of alcohol with GHB is very dangerous because it can increase the toxic effects of the drug. It should also not be used in combination with sedatives or other anaesthetics.
Underlying direct or personal violence is structural violence that is entrenched in unequal power relations in society.
Government policy must do more to reflect the fact that rape isn’t just something that happens to women and girls.
Neither jurors nor judges can be relied upon to put aside their incorrect beliefs about rape. What’s the answer?
We can’t just blame falling rape prosecutions on a lack of resources.
Uber’s first safety report revealed 107 deaths and nearly 6,000 sexual assaults over two years. But the rideshare service may still be safer than the alternatives.
As NSW reviews its consent laws, it should look to lessons from other states. While affirmative consent is regarded as the best model, its wording in Victoria offers limited protection in court.
The terms ‘freedom’ and ‘choice’ – on which the legal definition of consent depends – mean very different things to different people.
Same old rape myths, same old victim blaming.
Controversy from the #LetHerSpeak campaign has surrounded this Tasmanian so-called ‘gag law’. Here’s why it was set up in the first place.
Four ways to teach children about consent.
Women in Mexico are lashing out against rampant sexual violence, police abuse and policies that hurt working mothers.
Interventions to prevent and address sexual and gender-based violence in eastern DR Congo often reinforce traditional gender stereotypes
There’s a woeful lack of data on sexual offences within the military. And the data that is available indicates there is a significant problem.
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Professor of Political Science and Chair of the South African Research Initiative in Gender Politics, Stellenbosch University
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of Family and Sexual Violence, RMIT University
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Head of School and Dean, School of Law and Justice, University of Southern Queensland
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Professor in Criminal Law, Durham University
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Associate Professor in Criminology, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Sheffield Hallam University
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Professor of Psychology & Associate Dean, Georgia State University
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Professor and Canada Research Chair in Children, Families and Armed Conflict, McGill University
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Professor of Criminology, Durham University
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Professor of Law, Durham University
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Professor of Global & Language Studies, RMIT University
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Lecturer in Law, Lancaster University
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, University of Wollongong
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Professor of Psychology, University of Birmingham