violence against women

A chief executive in the tourism industry last Friday said in an online seminar that Tracy Grimshaw needs an ‘uppercut or slap across the face’.

How realistic is it for women experiencing violence to access services when they’re not safely able to access them at home? Linda Burney asks.

Twice a week Amelia has to face a man who threatened her with a knife, and give him their small son unsupervised. “It is very scary,” she says.

Sally Stevenson, CEO of the Illawarra Women’s Health Centre, is on a mission to create the first women’s Trauma Recovery Service in Australia.

The government’s inaction on domestic violence has been criticised by women’s safety advocates as appalling and irresponsible.

It is important familicide be understood as a form of gender-based violence, whether in the presence or absence of a history of physical violence.

Until we start investing in regular data recording of death and injury of women, we will not change rates of violence in this country.

Reporting by the media or the police that minimises the role of the perpetrators contributes to the culture of violence, Senator Larissa Waters writes.

Bettina Arndt’s Order of Australia will be reviewed by the independent board responsible for the awards, after comments in relation to Hannah Clarke.

The horiffic deaths of Hannah Clarke and her children Aaliyah, Laianah and Trey are tragic proof that what we’re doing to combat violence is not working.

Ristevski has received a tirade of abuse on social media that either questioned her respect for her mother or alleged she may be responsible for the death.

#OchreRibbonWeek raises awareness of the impacts of family violence in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, which remains a national crisis.