domestic violence

Is primary prevention being used as a cover for lack of action on keeping women & children safe from violence now? Dr Merrindahl Andrew says we need both.

Research shows parenting books can be damaging to new parents, adding to mother’s stress and heightening their chances of developing post-partum depression.

Women’s Safety NSW CEO Hayley Foster says the idea that feminists hate men remains popular despite being completely false.

Sabrina Lekaj was found dead in her car near her Adelaide home late on Sunday evening. Her father is expected to be charged with her murder.  

The government is spending $10million on “couples counselling” despite the fact in the context of domestic violence it is contraindicated for victim safety.

Women are continuing to bear the burden of managing the behaviour of violent men, at the risk of experiencing homelessness.

On Friday Julie McKay encountered a woman experiencing domestic violence. The police said she’d be fine. Julie’s not confident. She’s terrified.

Rosie Batty used the senseless murder of her son Luke, to reframe the way Australians talked about and treated domestic violence.

A NSW Law & Justice Foundation report shows domestic violence victims, on average, faced 20 legal problems in the last year compared to 2 for non-victims.

More than half of Australians feel women’s issues are recurrently sidelined by the government, according to a new poll released this week. 

We seem to be becoming strangely desensitised to the statistics and stories we see in the news of woman after woman being killed in domestic disputes.

Labor has promised to commit more than $660 million to reducing family violence in Australia.