domestic violence

Victoriam organisations have come together calling for State and Federal Governments to pay special attention to gendered impacts of the global COVID-19.

Under the coronavirus regime, leaving violent relationships is likely to become far more difficult and dangerous writes Amanda Gearing.

When it comes to tackling domestic violence, please don’t bang on about mental health interventions, writes Hayley Foster.

What will increasing measures of social distancing and isolation mean for women experiencing violence and their chances to reach out for help?

Victims of domestic violence who are occupants, rather than tenants, need some protection too so their choice is not to endure violence or become homeless.

Twice a week Amelia has to face a man who threatened her with a knife, and give him their small son unsupervised. “It is very scary,” she says.

Sally Stevenson, CEO of the Illawarra Women’s Health Centre, is on a mission to create the first women’s Trauma Recovery Service in Australia.

The government’s inaction on domestic violence has been criticised by women’s safety advocates as appalling and irresponsible.

The podcast covers a huge range of topics this week, starting with the most pressing: the urgent changes that need to happen to address domestic and family violence in Australia.

It is important familicide be understood as a form of gender-based violence, whether in the presence or absence of a history of physical violence.

Until we start investing in regular data recording of death and injury of women, we will not change rates of violence in this country.

More than one thousand people gathered in Brisbane on Sunday night to remember Hannah Clarke and her three children, who were brutally murdered by her estranged husband last week.