While men regard the social norm of ‘proving’ their manhood as normal, research shows otherwise. Combating these misconceptions can help reduce male violence.
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Who is responsible when 43 girls burn to death in a state-run children’s home?
Presenting violence of any sort as a cultural issue does not help prevent it.
An MP’s attempt to block a bill to address violence against women was utterly misguided – here’s why.
A new tool is tracking attacks on people for their religion, politics, caste, ethnicity, gender, class and sexual orientation.
The recent violent rape and murder of a 16-year-old Argentinian girl has sparked a region-wide protest movement against sexual violence in Latin America.
On screen violence against women is increasingly detailed, intimate and frighteningly authentic – but there’s often just no need.
Women already face high levels of violence in Haiti. But natural disasters can provide a good opportunity to intervene.
While potentially helpful in resolving extraordinary cases, an over-reliance on CCTV images to tell ‘the truth’ risks perpetuating certain myths regarding violence against women.
Over the next 20 years, one global strategy will help to shape our cities. Here’s what it says about women.
Research shows that many young Australians are not aware of appropriate boundaries in relationships. It’s important that children are informed by research rather than rhetoric.
We know how to prevent gender-based violence, and that we must respond to survivors’ needs. The challenge is in making it happen.
More than 44% of Mexican women face violence in their homes. Some of them become asylum seekers in the United States.
Women make conscious decisions every day about staying safe, but they consistently underestimate how much effort it all takes and what that means for their freedom.
Peru is the latest country in Latin America where women are mobilising against violence.
Treating ‘illegal cultural practices’ as a form of terrorism could lead to more marginalisation.
Was academic Marcia Langton right about the rate of violence against Indigenous women?
Two AFL club presidents have created a furore with their ‘banter’ about the drowning of a female journalist. Here’s how it happened, and why it’s unacceptable.
By speaking out about sexual violence and creating safe online spaces to seek support, victim-survivors may also encourage others to report the crime.
The royal commission’s recommendations seek a complete transformation of Victorian family violence services, and the state’s prevention of and response to family violence.
Top contributors
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Professor, Family and Sexual Violence, RMIT University
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Professor of Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Monash University, Monash University
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Professor of Social Work; Leneen Forde Chair in Child & Family Research, Griffith University
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Professor and Research Leadership Chair, Sociology, University of Guelph
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Criminology, Durham University
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Professor of Communication Studies; Research Chair on Intersectionality, Violence and Resistance, Concordia University
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Associate Professor in Criminal Law, Durham University
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Professor, Center for Research on North America, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
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Associate professor in Criminology, The University of Melbourne
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Eleanor Rathbone Chair of Sociology, University of Liverpool
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Lead Researcher with the Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre and Lecturer in Criminology at the Faculty of Arts, Monash University, Monash University
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Lecturer in Criminology, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Sociology, Durham University
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Associate Professor of Global Health, UCL
