This article is an updated version of one that first appeared in The Interpreter, published by the Lowy Institute. It's republished with full permission. Read the original here. Over the past month...
Category: Sexual violence
What Micaela Cronin got right about ending gendered violence
Dr Hayley Boxall is a Research Fellow with the ANU and has undertaken research on domestic and family violence and sexual violence for over 10 years. She has published extensively on these topics,...
Here’s what teens actually think about porn
Pornography has been in the news a lot this year. It was at the centre of discussions for addressing violence against women back in May. Deepfake pornography has also been in the headlines. Now the...
Detoxifying Australia’s Parliament: A survivor’s perspective
Content notification: This article contains discussion of sexual assault and violence Editor’s note: The author of this piece has requested to publish anonymously due to concerns about her safety...
Legal scholar turns her hand to feminist psychological fiction
BroadAgenda editor, Ginger Gorman, had a chat with legal scholar Emeritus Professor at UC, Patricia Easteal about her first work of fiction, Dancing with Demons. Tell us who you are in a few...
Why war is a feminist issue
Editor's note: The author of this piece has requested to publish anonymously due to the toxic nature of the online discourse around the Gaza-Israel conflict and not having the resources to deal with...
New homicide statistics show surge in intimate partner killings
The rate of women killed by their partners in Australia grew by 28% from 2021–22 to 2022–23, according to new statistics released today by the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC). There were...
Aged care: if these were children, we’d be outraged
During the months that the Aged Care Royal Commission conducted its business, we heard tragic and horrific stories of vulnerable older people who were subjected to unimaginable abuse and neglect.
The Commissioners said it is a national shame that up to 50 sexual assaults take place every week in aged care. These are just the reported cases. How many more are silently ignored?
Why is the NT asking for needs-based funding?
The Northern Territory is in the midst of a landmark inquiry into the murders of four Aboriginal women. The inquest has repeatedly heard of a system in crisis: women’s shelters do not have enough...