Women in abusive relationships are much more likely to be unemployed and to earn less money than women with non-abusive partners.
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Extensive evidence shows the harms of spanking, and 65 other countries or states worldwide have already banned it. Why has Canada not done the same by repealing Section 43 of the Criminal Code?
The mass casualty commission report into the Nova Scotia mass murders outlines the perpetrator’s history of sexual abuse toward sex workers and what should be done to prevent it from happening again.
The State of Knowledge Report on Violence Perpetration, released today, reviews the current data and research on who perpetrates domestic, family, and sexual violence.
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.
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that shelters helping survivors of domestic violence are essential. Retention and recruitment issues in the gender-based violence sector require systemic solutions.
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.
What does it say to victims of intimate partner violence when a convicted wife beater and murderer is invited to a public event by the ruling government?
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.
Young women lack voice and visibility in discussions about family violence in Australia, and particularly intimate partner violence. This must change, urgently.
Both NSW and Queensland have committed to criminalise coercive control. This has the potential to disproportionately impact First Nations people who often can’t report to police safely.
The findings are a stark reminder men’s violence against women is a national crisis and system reform is urgent.
Congress has pushed through its first gun control legislation in 30 years. Included in the legislation is a provision to expand a firearm ban to dating partners accused of domestic violence.
I’m certain this case will continue to be discussed in the media and academia and will continue to shape society’s understanding of the complexities of intimate partner violence.
Women in more prestigious jobs than their husbands were seven times more likely to experience physical and emotional violence, compared to women ranked lower than their husbands.
Intimate partner violence can take many forms – and it doesn’t always fit society’s stereotypes.
Contemporary fiction on screen increasingly tells the stories of abusive men in a realistic way. This documentary does not.
How much of men killing women can we understand through a purely gendered lens? The answer may be: less than we thought.
The murder of R. Rubuntja brings to light the ways Australian media and the Australian justice system continues to fail First Nations women.
Top contributors
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Professor of Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Monash University, Monash University
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Managing Director, Her Story Consulting & Postdoctoral fellow, Australian National University
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Eleanor Rathbone Chair of Sociology, University of Liverpool
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Professor of Family Violence Prevention, Royal Women's Hospital and the Department of General Practice, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Public Health, University of Michigan
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Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Tasmania
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Professor, Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology, University of Windsor
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Professor of Social Work; Leneen Forde Chair in Child & Family Research, Griffith University
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Associate professor, Monash University
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Associate Professor of Criminology, Simon Fraser University
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Honorary Associate Professor, The University of Queensland
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Lecturer in Criminology, Sheffield Hallam University
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Associate Professor, Women’s and Gender Studies, University of Windsor
