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Mary Jean Walker Research Fellow, Philosophy

Ethical concerns over drug-testing plan

Drug testing of welfare recipients does not pass the test of being worth the costs and is not ethically acceptable policy.

Drug testing of welfare recipients does not pass the test of being worth the costs and is not ethically acceptable policy.

Medicine and health

Thea Brown Emeritus Professor, Department of Social Work

Medicine and health

When parents kill

A study reveals that filicide is a regular occurrence in Australia, not a rare one.

A study reveals that filicide is a regular occurrence in Australia, not a rare one.

Counting intimate partner homicides

Better access to data is desperately needed to better understand the phenomenon in order to prevent it.

Better access to data is desperately needed to better understand the phenomenon in order to prevent it.

Jacqui True Professor of International Relations and Director, of the Gender, Peace and Security Centre

What's turning young men into killing machines?

A deeper examination of gender is sorely needed to try to prevent further acts of violent extremism and terrorism.

A deeper examination of gender is sorely needed to try to prevent further acts of violent extremism and terrorism.

Marie Segrave Associate Professor of Criminology

Dowry abuse: a growing problem in Australia

To address it, dowry abuse first needs to be recognised as a key form of economic abuse within the broader framework of domestic and family violence.

To address it, dowry abuse first needs to be recognised as a key form of economic abuse within the broader framework of domestic and family violence.

A Different Lens

Episode 11: The Australian identity debate

Australia once identified itself as the “lucky country”, a place where the “Aussie battler” was given a fair go, but can it still lay claim to this?

Luke Beck Associate Professor, Law Resources

Australia once identified itself as the “lucky country”, a place where the “Aussie battler” was given a fair go, but can it still lay claim to this?

Stephen Gray Senior Lecturer, Law Resources

Falling through the gap

A genuine partnership needs to be established between the government and Aboriginal people to get Closing the Gap targets back on track.

A genuine partnership needs to be established between the government and Aboriginal people to get Closing the Gap targets back on track.

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

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.

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.

NT child detention: what's changed?

One year after the royal commission into Northern Territory child detention recommended big changes, little of substance has been done to tackle the problem by the NT Labor government.

One year after the royal commission into Northern Territory child detention recommended big changes, little of substance has been done to tackle the problem by the NT Labor government.

The leading threat to women's safety

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

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

Steven Roberts Associate Professor, School of Social Sciences

I love you, man

Traditional masculinity is evolving, and young working-class men are leading the charge, despite the toxic attitudes of powerful men such as Donald Trump.

Traditional masculinity is evolving, and young working-class men are leading the charge, despite the toxic attitudes of powerful men such as Donald Trump.

Falling short on family violence

Despite having a code of practice in place for investigating incidents, police duty failures are all too common.

Despite having a code of practice in place for investigating incidents, police duty failures are all too common.

Janemaree Maher

Murder in the family

The killing of a parent by his or her child is a relatively uncommon form of family violence. We need to know much more about it to prevent it.

The killing of a parent by his or her child is a relatively uncommon form of family violence. We need to know much more about it to prevent it.

All talk, no action on family violence

The Turnbull government's budget has failed to match its expressed desire to take violence against women seriously.

The Turnbull government's budget has failed to match its expressed desire to take violence against women seriously.

Anti-terrorist centre needs focus on family violence too

The Victorian centre's effectiveness will be muted unless it includes experts on violence against women.

The Victorian centre's effectiveness will be muted unless it includes experts on violence against women.

Sara Niner Researcher and lecturer in anthropology

The jury is out on microfinancing

The programs to date have delivered, at best, only modest results in the fight against poverty.

The programs to date have delivered, at best, only modest results in the fight against poverty.

Maria Tanyag Research Fellow, Monash Gender, Peace and Security Centre

Duterte, hypermasculinity and the key to populism

The exploitation of gender in populist politics is no more starkly illustrated than in the Philippines.

The exploitation of gender in populist politics is no more starkly illustrated than in the Philippines.

Celebrating Influential Monash Women

Jacqui True Professor of International Relations and Director, of the Gender, Peace and Security Centre

How women can build a safer world

Could the war on terror be won by listening to and empowering women?

Could the war on terror be won by listening to and empowering women?

Christina Twomey Professor of History, and Head of School for the School of Philosophical, Historical and International Studies.

The battle back home

Shining a light on the struggle POWs faced when they returned to Australia – and the impact on their wives.

Shining a light on the struggle POWs faced when they returned to Australia – and the impact on their wives.

Alice De Jonge Law and Tax Expert

The challenges for China

The Chinese government will use its consolidated power to try to rein in some of the biggest problems facing its economy in 2018.

The Chinese government will use its consolidated power to try to rein in some of the biggest problems facing its economy in 2018.

A welcome pivot on family violence

Police are now treating perpetrators as seriously as terrorists and murderers.

Police are now treating perpetrators as seriously as terrorists and murderers.

Scrapping the offence was a mistake and has left the law inflexibile in dealing with homicide offences.

Victoria should rethink defensive homicide

Scrapping the offence was a mistake and has left the law inflexibile in dealing with homicide offences.

Monash University