Women’s safety

Gender equality faces growing backlash, and International Women’s Day must refocus on rights, solidarity, and girls’ futures.

The day after Concetta’s win on ‘I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here’, 1800 FULL STOP received almost double the number of calls.

Central Tablelands & Blue Mountains Community Legal Centre has $800,000 in funding to 2030, nowhere near enough for the volume of need.

It’s far easier to condemn reality TV abuse than change the systems that allow sexual violence to continue.

Hate crime laws won’t protect women if they expand a criminal system that already fails, silences and endangers us.

Australia often looks strong by international comparison, but being “less unequal than others” is not the same as being equal.

Our courts tell women that when we seek justice, we should be prepared to fight not only the men who harmed us but the systems that protect them.

Australia knows how to end gender-based violence. What we lack is the political will to make the fiscal decisions that match the crisis.

If harassment can happen to a president in public, it reminds us how unsafe everyday spaces still are for women.

Donald Trump’s claim that domestic violence should not count in crime statistics was a chilling reminder of how easily harm is minimised.

Australia has long been heralded as a world leader in gun safety. But have we grown complacent? And is domestic violence sufficiently brought into these efforts?