domestic and family violence

Parliament House was lit up in bright orange on Monday night to mark the UN’s 16 days of activism against gender-based violence. 

When a man kills a woman, our culture asks us to paint a different picture, to make excuses, to justify what happened.

Three prominent politicians have joined together to call for a renewed focus on the “epidemic” of men’s violence against women.

Professor Marcia Langton has said that the NT government’s plan to only provide $20 million in funding over two years is “gobsmacking”.

NSW hospitals will now be equip with dozens more sexual assault nurse examiners as numbers of sexual assault cases continue to rise. 

Women in South Australia impacted by family and domestic violence are set to have access to secure and affordable housing. 

A woman in WA is being praised by police for helping to save a 5-year old boy whose father was trying to drown him.

New SBS series Safe Home attests to the ways violence is insidious and ingrained in systemic structures of power, writes Shannon Sandford.

Evidence has emerged from the U.K of police officers enacting violence against women and not being held accountable for their crimes. 

Pilot funding for the national 24/7 counselling service for victim-survivors DV ends 30 June. Full Stop Australia is stepping up.

Police believe they have found the body of Gold Coast woman Wendy Sleeman, more than two days after she went missing.

Karen Andrews has delivered an emotional speech on domestic violence, recounting the times she has waited for phone calls wondering if a friend was still alive.