sexual violence

Thousands across Australia rallied over weekend, demanding action on sexual violence and cultural change

Radicalisation debates distract from a global rape crisis while women’s safety and equality remain ignored

Victim-survivors need safe, confidential counselling after sexual violence, yet courts often let lawyers access records, breaking trust.

The federal and NSW governments are providing $5 million to establish a pilot program for sexual violence justice system navigators.

That in 2026 we’re fighting chatbots for the basic dignity of bodily autonomy tells you everything about how far we haven’t come.

Safety in women’s prisons cannot exist in a system designed to conceal its own violence, writes Tabitha Lean and Debbie Kilroy.

Around 840 million women have experienced partner or sexual violence during their lifetime, according to a landmark WHO report.

France celebrates victims of sexual violence with compassion and justice, while Australia continues to doubt, punish, and silence them.

The man who appealed his conviction for raping French woman Gisele Pelicot has had his jail term increased from nine to 10 years.

Universities will soon need to takes steps to prevent and better respond to sexual violence on their campuses, under a new national code.

Australians still divide rape into categories: the “real” rape of a stranger in a dark alley, and everything else, which gets downgraded to regret or miscommunication.

Legislation to criminalise the production and distribution of sexually explicit deepfakes will be introduced to the NSW parliament today.