Climate Domestic violence rates increase after climate disasters, new study finds The effects of climate change directly impact the rate of intimate partner violence, a new study from the UK has found.
News & Views Deaf women are twice as likely to experience domestic violence. How perpetrators weaponise disability Deaf women face a higher risk of domestic violence with perpetrators exploiting their deafness to isolate, control, and silence them, highlighting the need for improved communication access and interpreter support.
News & Views Violence towards refugee and migrant women often goes undetected. We’ve found a way to help fix that We found refugee women place a high value on being able to talk with someone who speaks their language,
News & Views Why women would prefer to be alone in the woods with a bear than a man Women are overwhelmingly the victims of sexualised violence, and men are commonly the perpetrators.
News & Views Intimate partner homicides in Australia increased by almost 30 per cent, new data reveals The rate of intimate partner homicides in Australia in 2022-23 increased by almost 30 per cent compared to the previous year.
News & Views Community mourns 23-year-old Hannah McGuire as Ballarat man charged with her murder A 21-year-old man will face a Ballarat court on Tuesday, charged with the murder of 23-year-old Hannah McGuire.
News & Views Why storytelling is one way to help us make sense of the crisis of violence against women Rachel Matthews, author of ‘Never Look Desperate’ dives into the intimate partner violence crisis, urging for societal change.
News & Views 49 women have been killed in Australia so far in 2023 as a result of violence. Are we actually making any progress? While it can feel like little progress is being made to stop women being killed by their partners or ex-partners, the data show a steady decline in recent years.
News & Views New insights on intimate partner violence as five women killed in 10 days Intimate partner violence is believed to have taken the lives of six women in just ten days.
News & Views ‘Emotionally, he’s destroyed me’: why intimate partner sexual violence needs to be taken as seriously as stranger rape Too often, sexual violence from an intimate partner is not taken seriously. New research shows the impact this can have on victim survivors, and how it can be redressed
Health rights and gender-based violence 34-year old Tatiana Dokhotaru found dead, after triple-0 calls fail to locate her NSW Police are opening its fourth critical incident inquiry in less than two weeks after 34-year-old Tatiana Dokhotaru was found dead inside an apartment in south-west Sydney, less than 24 hours after an anonymous triple-0 call.
News & Views Women are nearly twice as likely to suffer mental health disorders from intimate partner violence, study shows Study shows women are nearly twice as likely to suffer mental health disorders from Intimate Partner Violence and many don’t fully recover.
