New research has revealed persistent barriers that continue to thwart the political ambitions of young women from standing for election.
Hazing inflicts severe physical and psychological harm on victims. Education and awareness of the law, effective enforcement and oversight are crucial to combat this harmful practice and safeguard students’ wellbeing.
Despite evidence that street harassment is arguably the most pervasive to women’s safety in public places, very little is known about its prevalence or patterns.
Gender-based violence is a national crisis, one the university sector is not immune from, and we need to step up now.
The federal government’s announcement of $3.5 million to fund a healthy masculinities project trial is promising, but lacks detail on precisely how the funds will be used, and what will inform the programs.
Despite ongoing efforts to shift cultural thinking, coercive sexual behaviours and misunderstanding regarding consent remains a concerning social problem.
A unified approach from journalism scholars in the Global North and Global South is needed to promote more gender-sensitive, solutions-driven, and victim-survivor-centred reporting about violence against women.
While the actions outlined in the plans are admirable, achieving the set targets will require a significant increase in urgency and funding.
Has the toxic workplace culture within Parliament House improved at all, despite the groundbreaking Jenkins review?
Local councils are the best level of government to protect sports-playing children from pervasive and harmful abuse, harassment, and discrimination.
This week on Monash University’s ‘What Happens Next?’ podcast, a live panel of experts in Australian politics and gender discuss the issues around gender equality and women's safety.
The October 2022 budget marks a departure from the “blokier” budgets of recent years, centring gender equality and the care economy rather than high-vis and hard hats.
No wonder people are sceptical about providing information – they don’t know why employers want this information or what they’re going to do with it.
New research reveals that more than half of all Australians have experienced technology-facilitated abuse.
There are connections and continuities between different forms of violence in different spaces, be it online or offline, virtual or physical.
Does Collingwood, and indeed the AFL, have a problem with women, or is it a case of “boys just being boys”?
Gang rape, sexual assaults at gunpoint, and rapes committed in front of children were among some of the accounts emerging from Ukraine’s capital Kyiv last month.
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women has achieved a great deal in the past 40 years, but there remains more work to do in Australia.
The recent TramLab collaboration examines the issues impacting safety and perceptions of safety for women and girls on Victorian public transport.
If humans are programming artificial intelligence, are we stuck with the human biases that inadvertently work their way into AI systems?
Gender justice can’t be achieved by dealing with schoolboy masculinity in isolation of the wider schooling context from which it emerged.
“Stranger danger” now lurks less in the streets, and more in adult dating apps, gaming sites and consoles, and social media.
We must move towards the universal protection of the right of LGBTIQ people to live their lives in dignity and equality, regardless where they live in the world.
In light of parliamentary staff facing problems when making complaints, we can learn from reform in the United Kingdom.
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