Category: Violence

New Perth domestic violence refuge begins construction at Ellenbrook

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-29/new-womens-domestic-violence–shelter-begins-at-ellenbrook/6431938

Domestic violence victims 'trapped' by lack of affordable rental accommodation

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-29/homeless-women-trapped-by-high-rents/6432090

Queensland research women only Police Stations.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-22/queensland-research-women-only-police-stations-domestic-violence/6563490

Slogans on Wicked Campers promote violence against women

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-11/wicked-pickets-protest-vulgar-language-used-on-wicked-campers/6385958

Celebrated female pakistani online activist assassinated

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/04/27/sabeen_mahmud_dies_in_shooting/

"Going home, staying home" policy has deepened the epidemic of women's violent deaths

http://www.smh.com.au/comment/home-isnt-a-refuge-for-domestic-violence-victims-20150422-1mqk7u.html

Deeply domestic violence statistics are a concern for all society says former Australian Governor General

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-06/domestic-violence-deeply-disturbing-statistics-dame-quentin-bryc/6372814

This article attempts to villify suffragettes as violent while documenting that even the most militant attacked only property. The suffragettes pioneered hunger strikes and non-violent civil disobedience long before Gandhi.

http://www.historytoday.com/fern-riddell/weaker-sex-violence-and-suffragette-movement

“Worldwide, it has been estimated that violence against women is as serious a cause of death and incapacity among women of reproductive age as cancer, and a greater cause of ill-health than traffic accidents and malaria combined.” source:WHO

Why does an extra X chromosome make such a difference?

Regional refuges ripped apart

Regional Women's Refuges Are Being Ripped Apart