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Research has a distinctive role to play because it gives pointers on what is needed to create long-term change.
While it's important to protect vulnerable children from exposure to further harm, it's also important to give them a voice to speak about their own trauma from domestic violence.
A new batch of female crime writers are bringing their real life experiences of law enforcement to their work in a way that rings true for readers.
As protests continue in Mexico about violence against women, some have blamed macho culture. But that may do more harm.
New national data, on campuses and elsewhere, can help shift our shared narratives about the root causes of gender-based violence.
Women in Mexico are lashing out against rampant sexual violence, police abuse and policies that hurt working mothers.
We need to stop violence against women before it starts. The federal government's Fourth Action Plan might not provide all of the answers, but it's a sign of positive progress.
Witnessing violent media reporting about women politicians can deter women from entering politics at a time when we should be striving toward gender parity.
Murders of women in public spaces by strangers are not commonplace. And murders in Australia in general are on the decline. Compared to many countries, Australia is a safe place.
Though best remembered for her role in the doomed German Revolution, Rosa Luxemburg's theories on how capitalism exploits people and nature need hearing today.
Very few women, especially those married, feel protected by the domestic violence laws in Sierra Leone.
In Myanmar, spousal abuse is legal and stigma stop most women from reporting sexual violence. A bill championed by feminists but long stalled in Parliament may soon give women their basic rights.
Primary prevention programs with a footballing focus aim to change behaviours and attitudes among men towards women.
The day of remembrance and action, also called White Ribbon Day, marks the anniversary of the murders of 14 female engineering students killed in 1989 at l'École Polytechnique de Montréal.
A study in Kenya found that the lower men ranked themselves in society, the more violent they were with their intimate partners.
There's increasing global recognition that violence against women and children often occur together in homes.
A video uploaded to YouTube last month depicted an avatar in a video game physically assaulting a female character until she was unconscious. Should that be allowed in today's gaming culture?
Prevailing patriarchal and cultural norms in some societies prevent women victims of sexual crimes from talking out by shaming them.
In order to change public opinion, campaigns need to move beyond awareness raising and start addressing the perpetrators and causes of domestic violence.
Top contributors
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Associate Professor, Criminology and Justice Studies, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Monash University
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Associate Professor in Crimninology; Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre, Monash University
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Professor, Center for Research on North America, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
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Reader in Sociology and Social Policy, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Associate Professor in Criminology, Bond University
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Lecturer in Criminology, University of Melbourne
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PhD Fellow based at the Wits City Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor and Head of Department of Political and Conflict Studies, Nelson Mandela University
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Senior Lecturer in Peace and Conflict Studies, The University of Queensland
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Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne
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Senior lecturer, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Criminology, Monash University
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Adjunct Professor, Monash University
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Scientia Felllow and Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law UNSW Sydney, UNSW
