News & Views What you should know about the many faces of coercive control Psychologist Simone Jeavons shares examples of the many faces of coercive control to help shed light on how insidious this abuse can be.
News & Views AI tools are being used to subject women in public life to online violence AI tools are increasingly being used to target woment with abusive and misogynistic onine content, research shows.
News & Views New resources launched to improve response to abuse of older women, women with disability A suite of training resources to help frontline workers respond to the abuse of older women and women with disability has been launched
News & Views Child abuse is not rare — It’s hidden. It’s time to shift the shame. A survivor turns her pain into purpose, urging Australia to shift shame from victims to perpetrators and create change.
News & Views Two police officers abused naked woman suffering a mental health episode in Sydney Two former NSW police officers have pleaded guilty to violently assaulting a woman with schizophrenia in Sydney in 2023.
News & Views Trump says he’ll ‘look at the facts’ on a potential pardon for Diddy US president Donald Trump has commented on potentially pardoning the disgraced music mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Comb, saying he’d ‘look at the facts’.
Tech New technology detects abusive hate speech online, finds right-leaning figures contribute most Researchers have now developed a way to automatically detect abusive hate speech online and help combat the spread of harmful content.
News & Views Adam Charles Lusk found guilty of drugging and raping multiple women and girls A Perth father-of-two has been found guilty of drugging and raping multiple women and girls over an almost two-year period.
Politics Ex-CIA officer Brian Raymond sentenced to 30 years for drugging, sexually assaulting and filming women A former CIA officer has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for drugging, sexually assaulting and filming more than two dozen women.
News & Views The hidden kind of abuse we’re not talking about yet, and it’s more common than you might think Over the last 25 years, I’ve spoken to and worked with thousands of survivors of coercive control as a Shelter Manager, Senior Government Investigator, and domestic violence sector leader. I’ve also experienced abuse myself.
World ‘Inhumane treatment’: Paris Hilton testifies on abuse endured in youth facilities Paris Hilton has testified to Congress, sharing her traumatic experience in an effort to strengthen child welfare protections.
Tech ‘Built to empower women’: The new app helping women to block abusers Revathi Shan created The Blocker App, focused on prevention and early intervention for those trapped in an abusive relationship.