There are many legitimate reasons why survivors of sexual violence may not immediately report to police. But a delay in reporting, in itself, should not affect the credibility of the allegations.
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Adolescent girls face unique challenges in times of conflict and crisis yet they are rarely consulted about how to engender peace in their communities.
Sex and gender-based offences have become an increasing focus of war crimes trials at the International Criminal Court.
The Victorian parliament is considering a bill to change laws that prevent sexual violence victim-survivors from speaking about their experience. But some of the details need to be reconsidered.
Adolescents and young adults who reported having experienced sexual violence were more likely to have also had an unintended pregnancy.
Studies globally have made the link between the lack of adequate sanitation, particularly open defecation or shared community toilet facilities, and the increased risk of women and girls being raped.
A scholar who studies Holocaust survivors sees an explanation for why women change their stories of sexual assault, even now in the
#MeToo era.
The Gender Equality Act in Victoria creates an obligation to understand how gender affects needs and experiences, and to design, assess and manage public spaces so women feel safe in those places.
In Mexico City, feminist groups spray-painted the names of Mexico's murdered women on the pavement of the Zócalo, the capital city's enormous main square, during the International Women's Day March.
New research with survivors of sexual violence who have been forced to migrate reveals difficulties of COVID-19 lockdowns.
An international protocol to document and investigate sexual violence in conflict is falling short.
Our research on gender-based violence in mental health inpatient units in Victoria shows many women are not safe in these environments.
Dating app Tinder has come under increasing scrutiny over harassment facilitated by the platform. But its new safety measures, while undoubtedly an improvement, are unlikely to prevent abuse.
Two interventions proved effective in reducing men's perpetration, but not women's experiences of violence.
Gender stereotyping might be funny, but it's no joke. A public health professor explains why she took action against everyday sexism when she heard it in a radio advert.
Government policy must do more to reflect the fact that rape isn't just something that happens to women and girls.
We can teach young people to respond more critically to pornography, helping them assess and respond to pornography’s influence.
A Chilean feminist anthem is being sung across the world in protest at violence against women.
Grace Millane’s murder trial demonstrated it is still possible to question a woman's behaviour without understanding the gendered nature of men’s violence against women.
Just as domestic violence was once misunderstood and tolerated, many today fail to grasp how nude photographs can be wielded as weapons of abuse.
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Associate Professor, Criminology and Justice Studies, RMIT University
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Associate Professor & Vice-Chancellor's Principal Research Fellow, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, The University of Melbourne
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PhD Candidate, Australian National University
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Professor of Criminology, Durham University
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Lecturer in Law, Lancaster University
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Director, XYX Lab, and Associate Professor, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, Monash University
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Associate Professor in Criminology, Bond University
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Chair in Feminist Media Studies, University of Strathclyde
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Researcher, Unit for Religion and Development Research, Faculty of Theology, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of Criminology, University of Leicester
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, UNSW
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Researcher, Department of Peace and Conflict, Uppsala University, Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme (FMSH)
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Senior specialist scientist: Gender and Health Research Unit, Medical Research Council, South African Medical Research Council
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Lecturer in Law, Swinburne University of Technology
