violence against women

Amid the national crisis of men’s violence against women, news coverage surrounding the issue can heavily influence public understanding. 

The federal government has accepted in full just 13 of 172 recommendations from the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability.

A woman in the Northern Territory has died in hospital from injuries she sustained from an alleged domestic violence attack,.

Another woman’s life has been taken allegedly at the hands of male violence, after police discovered the body of a 28-year-old woman in a Queensland suburb this morning.

Deaf women face a higher risk of domestic violence with perpetrators exploiting their deafness to isolate, control, and silence them, highlighting the need for improved communication access and interpreter support.

More than one in five Australians have admitted to inflicting some sort of sexual violence since turning 18, according to recent data.

Antoinette Braybrook AM has been working on the frontline of Indigenous women’s safety for more than two decades.

The federal government will fund 19 new emergency accommodation projects around the country over the next three years for women and children experiencing violence.

NSW Police have launched a manhunt for a man, who is on the run in Sydney’s north-west after targeting and attacking women walking alone.

Labor’s Dr Anne Aly has worn a handmade gown honouring domestic violence victims to Parliament’s Midwinter Ball on Wednesday night. 

More than half of young people are using strangulation during sex, with many of them unaware of potentially serious health consequences. 

Amid Australia’s violence against women crisis, advertising promoting harmful gender stereotypes continues to broadcast in the country.