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How sexual attraction to a disabled body is about more than just desires of the flesh.
By speaking out about sexual violence and creating safe online spaces to seek support, victim-survivors may also encourage others to report the crime.
Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo has been convicted for crimes of sexual violence during war in the Central African Republic. It’s a significant case, but not the historic victory it’s been hailed as.
Domestic and sexual slavery are being used as weapons of war – and the victims are too often forgotten.
Even with the end of the war in central Africa, continuing instability in the region has triggered an epidemic of rape.
Germany has been a world leader in taking in refugees, but a xenophobic outcry at a wave of sexual assaults puts the government in a tight spot.
Pornography is a handy scapegoat that diverts our attention away from our deeper problems with sex and violence.
Accountability for the violence and abuse that people with disability experience begins with recording the offences. In fact, we have long ignored crimes against vulnerable members of our community.
New research reveals how many people over the age of 60 have been raped in the UK – and it is time to act.
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.
A new film questions the way universities handle complaints of sexual assault.
The world is full of bad responses to sexual assault allegations. Here’s how to do it right.
Charting the progress of a global movement against shaming women for the actions of men.
Is revenge porn just one example of technology intersecting with sexual and domestic violence? What legal efforts have been made to combat it?
Cyberhate would deny women their full democratic rights as citizens, yet this is trivialised and dismissed – just as sexual violence, discrimination and workplace harassment have been for decades.
A Canadian study has found that university women participating in a rape-prevention program involving “resistance training” were significantly less likely to be sexually assaulted in the next year.
Hampshire constabulary has paid £20,000 in damages, but the underlying problems will take much more to solve.
Australia is at a critical juncture of increasing awareness and understanding of men’s violence against women. But one important type of sexual violence is often overlooked: acquaintance rape.
Top contributors
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Professor, Family & Sexual Violence, RMIT University
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Associate professor in Criminology, The University of Melbourne
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Professor & Australian Research Council Future Fellow, Social and Global Studies Centre, RMIT University
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PhD Candidate, Australian National University
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Managing Director, Her Story Consulting & Postdoctoral fellow, Australian National University
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Professor of Criminology, Durham University
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Director, XYX Lab, and Associate Professor, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, Monash University
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Canada Research Chair in Inequality and Gender, Western University
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, University of Wollongong
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Lecturer in Law, Lancaster University
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Associate Professor in Criminal Law, Durham University
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Professor of Psychology, University of Birmingham
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Senior Lecturer in Law, Queen's University Belfast
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Professor of Law, University of Maryland, Baltimore
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Researcher, Unit for Religion and Development Research, Faculty of Theology, Stellenbosch University
