We know how to prevent gender-based violence, and that we must respond to survivors’ needs. The challenge is in making it happen.
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Psychologists drew historically from theories of social Darwinism and eugenics to espouse the hierarchical categorisation of people into race groups.
More than 44% of Mexican women face violence in their homes. Some of them become asylum seekers in the United States.
The violence and instability that wracks South Sudan is profoundly gendered.
When the inevitable backlash happens, little changes.
A case in Sydney is the latest instance in which the powers-that-be contribute to the widespread victim-blaming and perpetrator-exonerating in relation to cyber violence against women and girls.
The Don Dale scandal is an opportunity to ask whether incarceration achieves the aims it sets out to achieve, or just further hardens criminals.
Under South African law, murder carries a minimum sentence of 15 years for first-time offenders. But courts may deviate from this if they find ‘substantial and compelling circumstances’ to do so.
As Angelina Jolie Pitt takes up a role at the LSE the focus turns to UK commitment to gender violence.
By speaking out about sexual violence and creating safe online spaces to seek support, victim-survivors may also encourage others to report the crime.
There are many recent cases of women being abused or harassed online. But technology can also play a role in preventing violence against women.
A Senate inquiry into the links between gendered marketing and domestic violence has been secured, but this is only the beginning of necessary cultural and social changes.
Just because acid isn’t generally used for mass-casualty attacks doesn’t mean that it doesn’t pose a very real threat.
A new book documents how the gay rights movement has catered to a certain type of LGBT person: white, gay, male and middle-class.
The world is generally not safe for women. But some projects in North Africa provide a glimpse of hope as the world marks the UN’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
On November 25 each year, South Africa launches its annual 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children campaign. Gender based violence is still a massive challenge.
Australia is poised to lead the world by demonstrating the kind of nationwide, cultural and structural change necessary to forever change the story of violence against women.
South Africa is emblematic of why violence against women responses in Africa are failing. While good measures are being rolled out, it lacks a united, comprehensive, multi-disciplinary response.
Can relationship lessons in the classroom end violence against women?
As Ashraf Ghani nominated the first woman judge to Afghanistan’s Supreme Court, the same court took a decision that enraged Afghans.
Principais colaboradores
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Professor, Family and Sexual Violence, RMIT University
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Associate Professor in Criminology, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Political Science and Chair of the South African Research Initiative in Gender Politics, Stellenbosch University
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Associate Professor of Disaster and Emergency Management, York University, Canada
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Lecturer in Global Studies, RMIT University
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Assistant Professor, Global Development Studies, Queen's University, Ontario
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Global Challenges Research Fellow, University of Sheffield
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Senior Lecturer, Gender and International Politics, University of Bristol
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Professor of Political Science and Chair of the Women & Politics Ph.D. Program, Rutgers University
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Professor and Head of Department of Political and Conflict Studies, Nelson Mandela University
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Senior lecturer, University of Exeter
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Professor and Research Leadership Chair, Sociology, University of Guelph
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Assistant Professor, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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PhD Candidate, Gender, Sexuality and Women Studies, Western University
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Professor of Social Work; Leneen Forde Chair in Child & Family Research, Griffith University
