News & Views #LetHerSpeak: Tasmania set to reform sexual abuse gag laws Survivors of sexual abuse in Tasmania will soon be able to share their stories publicly, with the State Government set to change laws after #LetHerSpeak
Uncategorised Book of the Week: ‘Three Women’ and the buried messiness of female desire Three Women will leave you inspired by the feminine psyche but also deeply concerned by how little we can think of ourselves.
News & Views How do convicted child sex offenders get working with children checks? A Victorian man convicted of raping a 14 year old boy in a public toilet in 1996 has successfully obtained a working with children check.
News & Views The futility of ‘International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict’ June 19 was the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict. The world’s media remained largely silent about the anniversary.
News & Views #MeToo: Naming and shaming men in power who abuse female athletes This list of men have all been credibly accused of sexually abusing women and girl athletes, many of whom were underage at the time they were targeted.
News & Views Surging demand for the national sexual assault, domestic & family violence counselling service The day that George Pell’s conviction for sexual abuse was reported calls to the 1800RESPECT counselling service surged by 30%.
News & Views The rise of image-based abuse online: It’s time to stamp out the trolls Get back under the bridge where you belong.
News & Views Finally. The fall of Cardinal George Pell On Tuesday it was reported that Australia’s most senior Catholic leader had been convicted of child sex offences in December of 2018.
News & Views Why #MeToo only scratched the surface of women’s pain The hundreds of comments Jennie Hill recieved to a question she posted on her Facebook page show the extent of women’s pain & why #Metoo was just the start.
Politics Party leaders deliver national apology to victims of child sexual assault Scott Morrison and Bill Shorten delivered a long-awaited national apology to victims of child sexual assault following Royal Commission findings in 2017.
News & Views ‘We are a new vision of courage’: 147 survivors of Larry Nassar take to stage to accept award More than 140 survivors of Larry Nassar’s have taken to the stage at the ESPN awards to accept the Arthur Ashe Courage Award.
News & Views “Sickening reading”: New report outlines shocking hazing practices at university colleges The Red Zone, a damning new report on bullying, harassment and abuse at residential colleges at Australian universities is released today by End Rape on Campus Australia.