Knowing the truth about one’s origins is crucial to identity formation, according to adoption experts.
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Experts recommend adopted children be told about their origins, no matter how difficult the circumstances, but doing so is tricky for adoptive parents.
Protesters attended Harvey Weinstein’s first day of trial.
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Harvey Weinstein’s conviction isn’t the norm for perpetrators of sexual violence.
The female form is often used to depict themes of freedom and justice – and satirists think it’s useful to extend the metaphor to rape. But that’s a problem.
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It’s dehumanising when cartoonists use images of sexual violence to make broad-brush comments about society.
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Our research on gender-based violence in mental health inpatient units in Victoria shows many women are not safe in these environments.
Women in Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh neighborhood are protesting a new Indian citizenship law that they say will discriminate against Muslims, women – and, particularly, Muslim women.
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A round-the-clock strike of Muslim women in a working-class neighborhood of Delhi is India’s most enduring pocket of resistance to religious discrimination, inequality and gender violence.
Harvey Weinstein leaves for the day during his trial on charges of rape and sexual assault, in New York, Jan. 28, 2020.
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As women began to come forward with experiences of rape and abuse, backlash came forward too. The notion of ‘false memory’ developed to explain away assault. Here’s why that notion itself is untrue.
Overdose involving GHB and alcohol can cause a person to have breathing difficulties, respiratory failure, coma, or death.
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The use of alcohol with GHB is very dangerous because it can increase the toxic effects of the drug. It should also not be used in combination with sedatives or other anaesthetics.
Protesters march against gender-based violence and femicide in South Africa.
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Underlying direct or personal violence is structural violence that is entrenched in unequal power relations in society.
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Government policy must do more to reflect the fact that rape isn’t just something that happens to women and girls.
Far from being blind, justice in jury trials can often depend on the biases of the jurors.
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Neither jurors nor judges can be relied upon to put aside their incorrect beliefs about rape. What’s the answer?
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We can’t just blame falling rape prosecutions on a lack of resources.
What’s your safest option for a ride home?
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Uber’s first safety report revealed 107 deaths and nearly 6,000 sexual assaults over two years. But the rideshare service may still be safer than the alternatives.
NSW is undergoing a review of its sexual consent laws.
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As NSW reviews its consent laws, it should look to lessons from other states. While affirmative consent is regarded as the best model, its wording in Victoria offers limited protection in court.
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The terms ‘freedom’ and ‘choice’ – on which the legal definition of consent depends – mean very different things to different people.
Paul Gascoigne arrives at court with his legal team and personal manager Katie Davies.
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Same old rape myths, same old victim blaming.
Problems may arise where there are multiple victims, yet only one or two of whom are willing to have their identities disclosed.
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Controversy from the #LetHerSpeak campaign has surrounded this Tasmanian so-called ‘gag law’. Here’s why it was set up in the first place.
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Four ways to teach children about consent.
With 1,812 women killed this year already, Mexico is Latin America’s second-deadliest place for women after Brazil.
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Women in Mexico are lashing out against rampant sexual violence, police abuse and policies that hurt working mothers.
Projects that support Congolese women who have survived gender violence often promote ideal notions of how men and women should behave.
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Interventions to prevent and address sexual and gender-based violence in eastern DR Congo often reinforce traditional gender stereotypes
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There’s a woeful lack of data on sexual offences within the military. And the data that is available indicates there is a significant problem.