This is not the first time domestic violence has been declared a national crisis. Australian governments first got seriously involved in 1985. What can the past 40 years teach us?
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50 years ago, the first shelter for women experiencing domestic violence was established in Sydney. It’s opening was far from a ribbon-cutting affair, but it’s legacy is long and powerful.
Feminism helped power the tide of change carrying Gough Whitlam to power in 1972. What were his government’s historic achievements for women? And what do Australian women need to fight for next?
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that shelters helping survivors of domestic violence are essential. Retention and recruitment issues in the gender-based violence sector require systemic solutions.
Accommodation providers are reporting huge increases in the numbers of people coming to them for help. They’d love to be able to use newly vacant rental housing, but it’s not a lasting solution.
Canada must consider funding programs that allow abuse victims and survivors to bring their pets with them when they leave their partners.
Globally, one third of women suffer violence at the hands of someone they love. And for those who survive domestic abuse, traumatic head injury can be the devastating outcome.
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Professor, Faculty of Health and Social Development, University of British Columbia
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Distinguished Professor Emerita, History, Australian National University
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Associate Professor, Women’s and Gender Studies, University of Windsor
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Assistant Professor at the School of Social Innovation, Université Saint-Paul / Saint Paul University
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Associate Professor in Australian History, Flinders University
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Associate Professor, School of Humanities and Languages, UNSW
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Associate Professor (Criminology), Department of Environment, Culture, and Society, Thompson Rivers University
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Associate professor, Psychology, University of Windsor
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Research Fellow at Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University
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Associate Professor, Human Resources Management and Occupational Health and Safety at The Goodman School of Business, Brock University
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Honorary Professor in History, University of Sydney
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Professor, Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology, University of Windsor
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Professor of Social Epidemiology and Director of the Centre of Research Excellence in Healthy Housing at the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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Research Fellow In Healthy Housing, The University of Melbourne