It has been a distressing time. Australians have been – and will continue – taking action to end gender-based violence. So, are we making any progress? Here’s what the data show.
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Restrictions on media coverage and the use of sexual history in court would be more effective changes.
Corrosive substance violence is horrific in any case, but the role of gender is often forgotten.
Being given information about the violent past of a current partner can be life changing. Police forces need better resources to be able to process requests.
The concept of “coercive control” reframes domestic violence as an attack on human rights and resources rather than an assault.
I’ve been writing on representations of domestic abuse since the noughties. It has been gratifying to see the increase in fictional depictions of this theme in the 21st century.
Childhood adversity can put people at risk of perpetrating domestic violence in the future. Having a supportive social network and learning ways to regulate the stress response, however, can help.
The lockdown gave some men a chance to increase their control and coercion of women.
Government departments, civil society groups and the private sector should pool resources and work together in a co-ordinated manner to prevent violent crime.
Mobile phones have extended the reach and control of abusive partners.
The support of friends and family can be crucial for domestic abuse victims.
New memoirs by Rachel Louise Snyder and Steph Lentz chart the territory of being shaped by an ill-fitting version of strict Christianity – and their struggle to free themselves.
New research linking police and healthcare data shows that victims of domestic abuse are detectable before the involvement of the police.
Two of Australia’s major banks have announced they will take action against financial abusers, including closing their accounts.
Forced marriage protection orders are not very useful in combatting ‘honour’-based violence or other abuse.
Much of the media coverage of Tina Turner’s victim-survivor status overlooks the fact that as a black woman she walked a fine line in speaking publicly about her experiences.
The cost of living crisis is making it even harder for women to leave their abusers.
An expert in intimate partner abuse on why the world should ‘listen carefully’ to Pamela Anderson’s Netflix documentary.
Providing men who suffer domestic abuse with the help they need can also reduce violence experienced by women and children.
Research shows that removing guns from violent abusers saves lives. But laws doing just that are at risk of being ruled unconstitutional, following a landmark Supreme Court guns case.
Top contributors
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Senior Lecturer in Law, City, University of London
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Lecturer in Criminology, Sheffield Hallam University
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Professor, Family and Sexual Violence, RMIT University
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Professor of Criminology, Durham University
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Associate Professor in Criminal Law, Durham University
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Senior Lecturer in Social Work, University of Sheffield
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Associate Professor of Criminology, Simon Fraser University
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Eleanor Rathbone Chair of Sociology, University of Liverpool
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Psychologist and Programme Leader, University of Salford
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Psychologist and Programme Leader, University of Salford
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Reader in Gender Based Violence, Centre for Gender and Violence Research, University of Bristol
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Professor of Social Work; Leneen Forde Chair in Child & Family Research, Griffith University
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Research Fellow, University of Bristol
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Knowledge Exchange Fellow/Project Lead, University of Strathclyde
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Associate Professor in Criminal Law, University of Reading
