Category: Sexual Violence

Gender equality in the workplace can prevent violence against women

http://www.womensagenda.com.au/talking-about/opinions/item/6803-gender-equality-in-the-workplace-can-prevent-violence-against-women

Sarah Jeong's Harvard lecture: "The Internet of Garbage"

http://boingboing.net/2016/02/22/sarah-jeongs-harvard-lecture.html

George Pell excused from giving evidence at child sexual abuse royal commission in person

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-08/george-pell-excused-from-giving-evidence-in-person/7149012

Petition update · VICTORY – 100,000 Signatures and Police “will act” at Law Breach ·

https://www.change.org/p/the-nsw-police-force-stop-supporters-of-legal-rape-roosh-v-advocates-meeting-in-sydney/u/15274318?tk=Z8ht2de_-C_ADXs76uEkuUVntSNIeCTbaosLb7GxpE0&utm_source=petition_update&utm_medium=email

'Legal rape' group Return of Kings leader Daryush 'Roosh' Valizadeh announces he will come to Australia

http://www.smh.com.au/national/police-petitioned-to-stop-return-of-kings-meetings-20160201-gmj03r.html

It's time to consider a curfew for men

http://www.feministcurrent.com/2016/01/07/its-time-to-consider-a-curfew-for-men/

Judge calls for reform after Family Court ruling

A family court judge has lashed out at flaws in the system after he was forced to allow a seven-year-old girl to live with her father, despite the fact that she told a court psychiatrist that he had sexually abused her.
http://www.australasianlawyer.com.au/news/judge-calls-for-reform-after-family-court-ruling-210034.aspx

The dark side of the 'love hormone'; similarities with the effects of alcohol

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-05/uob-tds051515.php
Something to watch out for . . .

Abuse widespread in dance classes around Australia, eisteddfod boss says, amid calls for greater oversight

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-19/abuse-happening-daily-in-classes-around-australia-danceboss-says/6867322

Amnesty International claims sex work is a human right

http://gu.com/p/4b3qq/au