violence against women

A horror start to October has seen eight women killed in ten days. Six were killed at home and in seven cases the person charged was known to the victim.

“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.

How many people have to die before our leaders do what so many advocates have said needs to be done to prevent family violence? Tarang Chawla asks.

It’s the third mass murder in four months: police found twin girls, their three-and-a-half-year-old sister, their mother & their grandmother all deceased.

An updated resource for judges in Australia dispels a number of myths about domestic violence that can impede justice and put women at risk.

Marie Laguerre was violently hit by a man on the street in front of a busy cafe, after she replied to his harassment with ‘shutup’ last week.

When four of the five lead stories on a newspaper’s website relate to women being killed in their homes, domestic violence is a crisis.

On Saturday 19 year old Laa Chol was killed becoming the 37th woman murdered in Australia in 2018. Her death was not related to gangs.

“Keep calm and slap a bitch as we approach the finals of this years NRL! Live & Loud every game!” were the actual words Coopers Hotel used on Facebook.

A 48-year old mother, her 8-year old son & 15-year old daughter were killed on Sunday morning, means 8 people have been killed in their homes in 11 days.

On the 7th of July 2018 3 women were found dead, two in Victoria and one in NSW. It takes the toll of women killed violently in Australian this year to 34.

The decision to have a baby is typically a very personal one. But, for some Australian women with controlling, abusive partners, this is not the case.