Labor’s package to help women escape violence is welcome but not nearly enough. Angela Carr argues that we need to be clear on what drives men to commit violence against women and address that, as well as assisting victim/survivors.
domestic and family violence
Tens of thousands of people joined mass rallies to demand real action to combat male violence against women, over April 26–27, promoted by the killing of 27 women, so far, this year.
We breathed a sigh of relief when Justice Michael Lee found that Bruce Lehrmann, on the balance of probabilities, raped Brittany Higgins. Sue Bull asks how are we going to stop the violence against women crisis?
Green Left journalists Isaac Nellist and Aneesa Bhamjee go through the latest news from across the continent and around the world.
The annual Reclaim the Night rally was followed the next day by a conference discussing feminist campaigns organised by the Geelong Women Unionists Network. Jacqueline Kriz reports.
Jacqueline Kriz reports on a forum discussing the limits of the justice system in delivering justice to victims/survivors of domestic and family violence.
Those who work in the sector told Steve O'Brien that homelessness is an emerging humanitarian crisis
Janet Parker reports that the 30th annual Silent Domestic Violence Memorial March was held in Perth.