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 Students urged to consider what training university residences provide to prevent sexual violence Advocates want students & parents to consider what training prospective university campus residences will provide to prevent sexual violence.
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.
News & Views Sexual assault shouldn’t be so hard to prosecute but untested rape kits show we just don’t care enough In Australia, thousands of rape kits sit untested in crime labs and police offices. And yet women are told that sexual assault is ‘too hard’ to prosecute.
News & Views #LetHerSpeak: Laws that silence survivors of assault need to change ‘Jane Doe’ was repeatedly molested by her teacher when she was 15. He went to jail but she can’t tell her story. #LetHerSpeak is the campaign to change that
News & Views ‘The impact I feared is being felt profoundly’: ABC reporter’s statement on Luke Foley Ashleigh Raper has detailed allegations of misconduct by the NSW Opposition Leader Luke Foley. The ABC reporter’s statement on Luke Foley is chilling.
News & Views Another haunting example of how the law fails victims of rape The man who raped Holly and Marissa as teenagers will never stand trial for his crime in another example of the justice system failing victims of rape.
News & Views Not even men behaving badly gives women an equal shot at leadership Men behaving badly: A New York Times report indicates 201 prominent men in America have lost their jobs and less than half have been replaced by women.
News & Views Unsurprising but totally shocking: Donald Trump mocks Dr Christine Blasey Ford At a Missisippi rally the US President Donald Trump mocks Dr Christine Blasey Ford and the fact his conduct is so predictable is what makes it so shocking.
News & Views “The day has come, the time has come”: Bill Cosby sentenced to jail “This was a serious crime. This has all circled back to you.” Bill Cosby is sentenced to up to 10 years in jail for drugging & assaulting Andrea Constand.
News & Views Brett Kavanaugh & the ludicrous idea women confect harassment allegations Dr Christine Blasey Ford has had death threats, had her email hacked & her credibility attacked since being named as Brett Kavanaugh’s accuser.
Life Lindsay Lohan backflips on ‘weak women’ #MeToo reference Lindsay Lohan has unreservedly apologised for public comments in which she implied that women coming forward with #MeToo allegations were “weak”.