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Recycled panic: The long history of worrying about boys and men

Across media and politics, claims of a “masculinity crisis” are rising. But is this new or just history repeating? A deeper look at boys, men, and cultural change.

The global failure to educate refugees – and how to fix it

Nearly half of school-age refugees lack access to education. Inclusive policies and sustained funding are crucial for unlocking their potential.

To be visible or not – that is the question for trans persons and communities

Rising prejudice and bias, particularly in the United States, fuelled by anti-trans rhetoric, has cowed many people in trans communities into invisibility for fear of persecution.

Politics and society

Human Rights Day 2024: Justice in Southeast Asia

The region faces critical challenges in addressing inequalities shaped by migration, gender, and systemic injustice, but there is a way forward.

Politics and society

The scourge of femicide: How do we address violence against women in Indonesia?

To combat femicide and gender-based violence in Indonesia, we must address entrenched gender inequality and harmful cultural norms.

Politics and society

New-father support: A missed opportunity in preventing intimate partner violence

A systematic review highlights the need for father-specific interventions to prevent IPV, and calls for healthcare reforms to include fathers in perinatal care.

Medicine and health

Episode 99: How Do We Build a Future Where Everyone Feels Safe?

In the podcast’s season finale, learn how we're making progress, challenging harmful systems, and creating real solutions in the push to eliminate gender-based violence.

Podcast: What Happens Next?

Episode 98: What’s Behind the Gender-Based Violence Crisis?

One woman dies every nine days in Australia from domestic violence. In this “What Happens Next?” episode, leading experts examine the drivers behind this national emergency.

Podcast: What Happens Next?

Putting women front and centre in climate change reparations

Women from climate-vulnerable countries face devastating impacts and are disproportionately affected by disasters, which is why they must be included in the UN’s Loss and Damage Fund.

COP – The global forum for climate change

Gambling: A developing global disaster for public health

As the Australian government dithers on banning gambling ads, a new global gambling report highlights the immense pain and suffering wrought by the industry.

Medicine and health

In the blood: Biomarkers reveal brain injury severity in intimate partner violence victims

For the first time, researchers have used blood tests to identify concussion caused by domestic violence, including some patients who also experienced non-fatal strangulation.

Medicine and health

Why we need more queer art, not less

Dead Boy Detectives is the latest in a long line of queer shows on streaming platforms to be cancelled. Now, queer fans online are fighting back.

Politics and society

The link between family violence and suicide

New data from Victoria shows that in a quarter of deaths by suicide between 2009 and 2016, the person had experienced family violence before they died.

Politics and society

Men’s behaviour change programs are key to addressing domestic violence – our new study shows how we can improve them

Programs to help men to stop using violence are crucial, but are men meaningfully engaging with them? A new study found opportunities to increase engagement and, in doing so, better-protect women.

Politics and society

Shocking number of Australians admit to committing an act of sexual violence

Data from the Australian Institute of Criminology shows alarmingly high rates of sexual violence perpetration.

Politics and society

Why Australia needs to legislate a Human Rights Act

A parliamentary committee has recommended a dedicated act to protect human rights. Here’s how it could work.

Politics and society

Gender-based violence: Follow the evidence

Australian researchers urge prioritising evidence-based solutions and incorporating Indigenous experiences to tackle rising gender-based violence cases.

Politics and society

AFL’s stand against gender-based violence misses the mark

To rightfully claim the minute’s silence meant more than virtue signalling, the AFL must remove the boys’ club barriers that still pervade football.

Politics and society

The problem with #NotAllMen

For women, there’s no option of distinguishing or opting out – no woman ever gets to say, “Not me”. We’re all faced daily with the weight of relentless misogyny that infects every part of our world.

Politics and society

The jury’s out on domestic violence disclosure schemes

A domestic violence disclosure scheme is a resource people can check to find out if a particular person has a documented history of domestic violence, but how well does it work?

Politics and society

Believable evidence in the #MeToo era: Another day of struggle for victim-survivors

With the media and legal bar set so high seven years after the global awakening of #MeToo, it’s an ongoing battle for female victim-survivors to provide bulletproof evidence in the contested spaces of “she said/he said”.

Politics and society

Tech-based sexual harassment at work is common, male-dominated, and often intended to cause harm

One in seven Australians say they’ve engaged in tech-based workplace harassment – and it’s often designed to offend, humiliate and distress the victim.

Politics and society

Capturing the brain impacts of intimate partner violence

The potential risk of brain injury playing sport is well-documented, but less-known is the effects of intimate partner violence on the brain. New research is aiming to change that.

Medicine and health

Women bear the brunt of Asia’s climate failures

What does the future hold for the millions of women left to work in Asia’s agriculture sector battling a climate in collapse?

Politics and society