Do university and college websites give students enough information about how to prevent and respond to sexual assaults on campus? Here’s a reality check.
Charting the progress of a global movement against shaming women for the actions of men.
A woman holds up a poster as part of a protest against the the rape of women, children and babies. The protest followed the rape of nine-month-old Baby Tshepang in 2001.
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A study examining why paedophiles sexually abuse young children highlights their own childhood adversities and socio-cultural factors as some of the reasons.
A protestor at a demonstration against rape. Rape statistics collected by the police do not reflect the high levels of under-reporting.
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A Canadian study has found that university women participating in a rape-prevention program involving “resistance training” were significantly less likely to be sexually assaulted in the next year.
Australia is at a critical juncture of increasing awareness and understanding of men’s violence against women. But one important type of sexual violence is often overlooked: acquaintance rape.
Research has shown that when sex work is illegal, street sex workers who are victims of sexual assault are reluctant to report it to police.
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There is a non-binding precedent in Victoria that allows judges to consider the victim’s sexual experience when passing sentence on a sex offender – but only when the “victim is a prostitute”.
Mukesh Singh, one of the convicted rapists interviewed in India’s Daughter.
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While Christmas shopping in a local bookshop, a handsome little volume stopped me in my tracks as I was leaving. The dust jacket is midnight blue with a gold-foil constellation slightly obscuring the title…
Oldham Athletic confirmed on January 8 that it had reversed course and decided not to sign Ched Evans, the former footballer who was convicted of rape in 2012. Oldham becomes the latest in a series of…
Ched Evans takes a drink while playing for Sheffield United in 2010.
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As the directors of Oldham Athletic football club consider their options over the possible hiring of Ched Evans, the case of the convicted rapist trying to go back to work has thrown up a catalogue of…
Praying before an IS banner in a Mosul Mosque.
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In the late summer of 2014, the international community watched helplessly as Islamic State (IS) unleashed widespread human rights abuses against civilians across Syria and Iraq, with little standing in…
A report on CIA torture fails to tell it like it is.
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Of all the revelations made about the “enhanced interrogation methods” used by the CIA on detainees in the aftermath of 9/11, the use of waterboarding and rectal feeding have garnered the most attention…
International law is clear on whether sexual consent is possible when civilians are faced with armed soldiers.
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Brad Pitt says his new Oscar-tipped film Fury is “a real study in leadership and learning to command respect and because of this, I am now a better father”. But while many reviewers have commented on the…
New students at Cambridge must now take workshops in sexual consent.
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Cambridge and Oxford announced the introduction of compulsory workshops on sexual consent for first-year students just a few weeks before the start of the new academic year. According to Cambridge, the…
Can the judicial process be more sensitive?
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Anyone involved in the criminal justice system will agree that one of the most challenging tasks an advocate can ever face is to prosecute or defend an individual or group accused of sexual offences. The…
The alarming aspect of today’s survey findings is that younger Australians aged 16 to 25 were more likely to hold attitudes that excuse or trivialise sexual assault.
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Results from the National Community Attitudes Towards Violence Against Women (NCAS) 2013 Survey have been released today by VicHealth, and there is reason to be concerned about Australians’ attitudes to…