News & Views The case Harvey Weinstein’s lawyer is really making Donna Rotunno, Harvey Weinstein’s lawyer, made headlines after telling The New York Times’ Megan Twohey she never made herself vulnerable to sexual assault.
News & Views New investigation reveals how badly police have failed survivors of sexual assault A ground-breaking investigation by ABC News has revealed, for the first time, the outcome of nearly every sexual assault reported to the police in Australia between 2008 and 2017.
News & Views #LetHerSpeak: Northern Territory to reform sexual assault gag laws The archaic gag laws, currently in place only in Tasmania and the Northern Territory, prohibit survivors of sexual assault from sharing their stories in the media.
News & Views US training seminar tells executive women their brains are small & pancake-like Ernst & Young held a seminar that described the differences between men’s and women’s brains, as well as telling the female attendees how to dress at work.
News & Views Why a code of conduct may not be enough to change the boys’ club culture in the Liberal Party While a code of conduct is a step in the right direction, it is unlikely to change the internal culture of the Liberal Party.
News & Views It was a chance to discuss women’s safety, instead women were silenced The PM said women should ‘contact the police’. At least one MP deleted comments about the safety of women from his Facebook page.
News & Views The PM telling women to ‘contact the police’ is not good enough. Leaders must act on sexual harassment allegations How many more women need to flay themselves publicly before leaders take action on sexual harassment in workplaces, Kristine Ziwica asks.
News & Views Kathryn Greiner: It’s time for quotas & Scott Morrison to act ‘Now is the time for organisational change and working out a strategy to encourage more women in the party,’ Kathryn Greiner says.
News & Views Military sexual violence: when will the military have its #MeToo moment? In the Australian military, it is estimated around 26% of servicewomen and 9% of servicemen have been sexually assaulted.
News & Views How did we get here? Trump is accused of rape & it barely registers In her new book What Do We Need Men For? A Modest Proposal E. Jean Carroll describes the night Donald Trump attacked her at Bergdorf Goodman.
News & Views Three female musicians were either assaulted or harassed at their own gigs on the weekend Kira Puru, Alex The Astronaut & WAAX frontwoman Marie DeVita each took to social media to describe being either harassed or assaulted.
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%.