violence against women

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.

Thousands gathered in the Melbourne park last night where Eurydice Dixon was murdered last week to grieve and speak out about violence against women.

The rape and murder of Melbourne comedian Eurydice Dixon is a tragic reminder that violence against women is fatal. But that is not because of her choices.

Domestic violence is deadly. Twenty four Australian women have been killed violently in the first five months of 2018: research by the Counting Dead Women Australia researchers of Destroy The Joint indicates that at least two thirds of those were killed by a former or current partner.

A senior woman told 300 work colleagues the tragic reason domestic violence is close to her heart & why shelters for women and children are needed.

Men who kill their partners are not good blokes acting out of character. Greg Floyd killed his partner Ora Holt after chasing their 4 kids from their home.

Life advice from Quentin Bryce. What I learned after a morning with the author of Dear Quentin on childcare, motherhood, resilience and sexism.