sexual violence

Women from Melbourne’s Jewish community organised a vigil on Monday evening to show solidarity for the Israeli women attacked by Hamas.

The federal government has released a draft action plan to address high rates of gender-based violence at Australian universities.

Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety (ANROWS) is launching a five-year plan to end violence against women.

Chanel Contos says Australia can be a world leader in preventing sexual violence if we take a whole of community approach.

Women in Iceland will take part in a Women’s Day Off, striking over the nation’s gender pay gap and the prevalence of gender-based violence.

The NSW Supreme Court has sentenced a man to at least 24 years in prison for the murder of a teenage girl in 1999.

Universities Australia (UA) scrapped a $1.5 million campaign to end sexual harassment and sexual assault on campuses in late 2022, a Senate inquiry heard.

A Senate inquiry for reforms of Australia’s national consent laws begins this week at Parliament House in Canberra.

A video of two women stripped naked and paraded by a mob in India has gone viral, causing Prime Minister Narendra Modi to break his silence on the ethnic and religious violence in the northeastern state of Manipur.

Live music is a huge part of Melbourne’s cultural scene, yet a new study from Monash has revealed that it’s not always a safe space for women.

With the government’s $14.7 million investment, many sexual violence organisations are welcoming the move and offering advice.

1 in 5 women have experienced sexual violence since the age of 15, according to findings by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).