violence against women

Gender violence, domestic violence and assault is commonplace in Australia, yet it is only a handful of stories which seize our attention.

Uber GM in Australia New Zealand, Susan Anderson, announces a suite of women’s safety initiatives to help raise awareness of and prevent gendered violence.

Victorian Labor Premier, Daniel Andrews has told the Greens he will not be cutting preference deals if they fail to discipline members who denigrate women.

The man who raped Holly and Marissa as teenagers will never stand trial for his crime in another example of the justice system failing victims of rape.

A woman has been killed in Australia every second day in October. Ten women murdered in 22 days hasn’t happened in a far-flung war zone.

Salwa Haydar was the 30th woman killed in Australia in 2015 when her husband murdered her. Her daughter Amani Haydar reflects on recovering from the trauma.

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.