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Cyberflashing: age-old harassment in new clothes

Largely enabled by Apple's AirDrop technology, digital flashing is far from 'playful', and unquestionably image-based abuse.

Asher Flynn Associate Professor, Criminology, School of Social Sciences

Largely enabled by Apple's AirDrop technology, digital flashing is far from 'playful', and unquestionably image-based abuse.

Design and architecture

Design And Architecture

Design and architecture

Safe in a city of light?

Very bright and overlit city spaces do not always translate to young women feeling safe in urban spaces, new research shows.

Nicole Kalms Associate Professor, Department of Architecture and Director of the XYX Lab

Very bright and overlit city spaces do not always translate to young women feeling safe in urban spaces, new research shows.

Politics and society

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Politics and society

Gender equality: it's everyone's business

We need to think about the problems that men and women face not as competing priorities but as part of the same toxic social problem.

Becky Batagol Associate Professor at Monash Sustainable Development Institute and the Faculty of Law

We need to think about the problems that men and women face not as competing priorities but as part of the same toxic social problem.

Science

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Science

Drugs and bugs: what's lurking in our waterways

New research shows that medicines have found their way into Melbourne streams – and the creatures that live in them.

Bob Wong Associate Professor and Deputy Head of the School of Biological Sciences

New research shows that medicines have found their way into Melbourne streams – and the creatures that live in them.

Politics and society

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Politics and society

Changing course to prevent assault

To drive lasting change regarding sexual harassment and assault, greater effort needs to be directed towards preventing these issues from arising in the first place.

Fiona Marshall

To drive lasting change regarding sexual harassment and assault, greater effort needs to be directed towards preventing these issues from arising in the first place.

Politics and society

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Politics and society

The leading threat to women's safety

Men’s violence continues to threaten, restrict and harm the lives of Victorian women at alarming levels.

Kate Fitz-Gibbon Senior Lecturer in Criminology

Men’s violence continues to threaten, restrict and harm the lives of Victorian women at alarming levels.

Politics and society

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Politics and society

How to make our cities safer for women

Australia has guidelines for designing safe parks, but the stories of many women show these are not enough. We must involve women in co-designing these shared public spaces.

Nicole Kalms Associate Professor, Department of Architecture and Director of the XYX Lab

Australia has guidelines for designing safe parks, but the stories of many women show these are not enough. We must involve women in co-designing these shared public spaces.

Politics and society

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Politics and society

Roseanne's implosion

ABC's cancellation of the hit reboot Roseanne because of its star's racist tweet raises complex questions about freedom of speech and the line between public and private selves.

Sarah Joseph Professor, Law Resources

ABC's cancellation of the hit reboot Roseanne because of its star's racist tweet raises complex questions about freedom of speech and the line between public and private selves.

Politics and society

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Politics and society

When photo-sharing turns criminal

AFL footballer Dane Swan is the latest victim of illegal photo-sharing. It's believed one in five Australians have had images of them distributed without their permission – and that's most likely an underestimate.

Asher Flynn Associate Professor, Criminology, School of Social Sciences

AFL footballer Dane Swan is the latest victim of illegal photo-sharing. It's believed one in five Australians have had images of them distributed without their permission – and that's most likely an underestimate.

Politics and society

Celebrating Influential Monash Women

Politics and society

Caught between #metoo and the gun-show

Hyper-masculinity is a defining feature of global politics, but the #metoo movement is prising open opportunities to pursue gender equality as women fight back.

Katrina Lee-Koo Associate and Deputy Director of Monash GPS (Gender, Peace and Security).

Hyper-masculinity is a defining feature of global politics, but the #metoo movement is prising open opportunities to pursue gender equality as women fight back.