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A report by Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) in 2018, entitled Family, domestic and sexual violence in Australia, noted that while family violence occurs across all ages and demographic groups, it mostly affects women and children, and at particular risk are Indigenous, young and pregnant women. The report revealed that 1 in 6 ...
As of 2011, Angela has shared her story with over 10,000 teens across Australia and internationally. [1] In 2007, Angela told the story of her assault in a special session of the United Nations General Assembly devoted to children. She was chosen as one of 15 women to meet at the UN for a four-day conference on activism and policy.
Following two years of research, journalist Sarah Ferguson spent six months reporting on domestic violence in Australia. To better understand the statistics of domestic violence, Nial Fulton and Ivan O'Mahoney, series producers of Hitting Home, spent nearly two years negotiating unprecedented access to specialised police domestic violence units, domestic violence courts and secured ...
Australia has long had a problem with male violence against women, and while media reports on alleged murders lament the loss of another life, they don’t typically mobilize mass protests.
Mathura rape case (1972) Violence against women during the partition of India (1989) Rape during the Kashmir conflict (1989) Ruchika Girhotra case (1990) Aruna Shanbaug case (1973) 1990 Bantala rape case; Priyadarshini Mattoo (1996) Suryanelli rape case (1996) Anjana Mishra rape case (1999) Imrana rape case (2005) Ayesha Miran rape case (2007 ...
A deeper look at domestic violence homicides by the Journal Sentinel reveals that a child was present in at least 43% of the incidents from 2016-2022. Domestic violence deaths are rising. Children ...
The murders sparked a national debate about domestic violence in Australia, [1] [2] [3] after reports emerged that Baxter had a history of violence and alleged misogyny [4] [5] [6] and had been subjected to a domestic violence order (DVO) as well as child custody orders as recently as the month of the murders.
Rolfe subsequently fatally shot him and was charged with murder three days later, but was acquitted in March 2022. Thousands of people rallied in Alice Springs in the days following the attempted arrest, and further protests followed in capital cities around Australia. After the acquittal of Rolfe a campaign entitled "Justice for Walker" has ...