Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 ...
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.
The main function of ANROWS is to grow the evidence base of which measures help to reduce or end violence against women and children in Australia. [2] This is stated as "the promotion of the prevention or control of human behaviour that is harmful or abusive to human beings, specifically the reduction of violence against women and their children".
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.
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 ...
“The day I came on the job I always said I was going to leave June 30, 2021, and I’m telling my story that day,” says Brownlee. One of the first people she told was Mayor DeBlasio. “He ...
Lift public funding for gendered violence prevention to world’s best practice. The enactment of a federal Gender Equality Act to promote gender equality. It should include a gender equity audit of Parliamentary practices. - Women's March 4 Justice. Protests took place in over 40 cities in Australia [3] including all state and territory ...
A series of high-profile domestic violence cases in China, including a killing carried out in broad daylight that was captured on video and circulated widely on social media, has sparked outrage ...