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.
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.
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.
Australian researchers urge prioritising evidence-based solutions and incorporating Indigenous experiences to tackle rising gender-based violence cases.
To rightfully claim the minute’s silence meant more than virtue signalling, the AFL must remove the boys’ club barriers that still pervade football.
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?
It’s a “national crisis”, and almost $1 billion of initiatives have been announced to combat it, but these measures don’t address the foundational issues that have seen gendered violence marginalised.
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”.
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.
New research shows that for people living with long COVID and intimate partner violence, each was exacerbated by the other and services were inadequate.
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.
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.
Despite a national plan to end violence against women and children, there’s no demonstrable evidence of a change of pace, or the emergency interventions needed, to achieve it.
New research shows Indigenous women experiencing intimate partner violence had engaged with police to help them. However, many didn’t receive the support that potentially could have saved their lives.
A study of data from more than 5000 Indonesian women has found that marrying early – particularly by age 18 – leads to higher depression.
While it’s positive to see recognition from the Commonwealth government that the existing Family Violence Provision safety net needs changing, piecemeal intervention won’t go far enough to address underlying structural conditions that undermine women’s searches for safety.
Sexual violence and family violence intersect, but little is known about how responses to perpetrators address intimate partner sexual violence.
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.
We need not just an acknowledgement of children as victim-survivors in their own right, but a commitment to boost resourcing of child-centred recovery support.
New research reveals that more than half of all Australians have experienced technology-facilitated abuse.
The alarmingly high rates of violence faced by pregnant women in Vanuatu, and the toll it’s taking on their physical and psychological health, demand closer attention.
Single Australian women over 60 are the most likely to live in poverty, earning less than $30,000 a year, and it's taking a heavy emotional toll, with mental distress on the rise.
Sexual violence, a weapon of war recognised by many governments and international institutions, impacts thousands of people during and after conflicts. But how widespread and systematic it is largely remains a mystery.
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