News & Views It’s NOT ok for men to hit wives. Ever. It’s not ok to hit wives. The Women of Hizb ut-Tahrir Australia, a branch of the extreme islamic movement seek to explain why husbands can hit their wives.
Ed's Blog What Keysar Trad really said about violence against women. After appearing on Sky News with Andrew Bolt what Keysar Trad said about violence against women being a last resort has made headlines.
News & Views Reporting on violence against women not up to par A journalist and friend once said to me, “everyone thinks they’ve been badly represented by the media”.
Ed's Blog The victims of crime are never to blame Disclaimer: This article deals with rape and sexual assault and may be triggering for survivors of abuse.
Advice Did anyone try to help Nigella Lawson? Shocking photos of former advertising executive and art dealer Charles Saatchi with his hands around his celebrity cook wife’s neck have been published all over the world in recent days.
Ed's Blog The terrifying reality of emotional abuse There is never, ever, a good time for a person to kill their partner.
Ed's Blog I don’t know how she did this: Allison Pearson on Nigella Lawson, drug use and domestic violence Earlier this year I was one of the many, possibly millions, who couldn’t believe my eyes.
News & Views To the unconvinced: The perpetrators of crime are responsible for crime Disclaimer: This article deals with rape and sexual assault and may be triggering for survivors of abuse.
News & Views What happens when you Google ‘Women should be slaves’? Sometimes I wish I could read minds.
News & Views Life for women in PNG: Violence and few working opportunities Following Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s announcement that a new “resettlement arrangement” will see all asylum seekers arriving by boat sent to Papua New Guinea, we thought we’d take a look at the reality of life as a woman in the developing country.
Ed's Blog Safety: why men should be told to stay home and women should be told to go out 85% of assaults against men by other men are committed outside private homes, 76% of assaults against women by men are committed inside private homes.
Ed's Blog “I believe you”: The most powerful thing to tell a woman trying to escape violence You may be aware that today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.