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Act now: urgent rally cry after sports coach slain

The brutal murder of a 21-year-old sports coach revealed clear actions required to address violence against women but experts say they fell on deaf ears.

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Urgent call to end gender-based violence in schools

Our Watch has released a blueprint to end gender-based violence in schools, tackling issues including AI-generated porn and sexualised bullying.

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Social media push to foster respectful relationships

A social media campaign aims to help young men call out disrespect against women after research found many did not know how to do so.

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Australia has promised to end domestic violence within a generation. Jess Hill asks: are our strategies working?

At last year’s conference marking the 50th anniversary of Elsie, Australia’s first feminist refuge, numerous speakers reflected on the ultimate aim of the feminist refuge movement, back in the 1970s: that in the near future, domestic violence would no longer exist and their services would no longer be needed.

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‘Teachers are describing something different’: the escalating culture of misogyny in Australian classrooms

Alongside stories of increasing ‘performative toxicity’ among boys, teachers say this generation is also the most switched on ever. Can education really change student behaviour?

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Equality, safety key to female staff retention: survey

More than 80 per cent of women would consider leaving a job that didn't take sexual harassment seriously according to a survey by anti-violence group Our Watch.

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Health regulators take stand in fight to end violence

Regulators have come together for the first time to condemn family violence and remind health practitioners of their critical role in the battle to end it.

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Teens watching porn earlier spurs harmful attitudes

Young women are being exposed to porn at a much earlier age and even though teenagers know it's harmful, they admit to learning about sex and dating from it.

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Men think sexual harrasment is improving, women don't

Stark survey findings have highlighted a gender divide in Australia when it comes to confidence sexual harassment cases will be reported and addressed.

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'Not enough action': pressure mounts as DV deaths spike

Political leaders are being accused of losing interest in finding urgent solutions to Australia's domestic violence crisis as the death toll climbs higher.

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Magpies' McRae backs AFL stand on gendered violence

Collingwood coach Craig McRae has underlined the importance of being a "great father and husband" as AFL clubs move to condemn violence against women.

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Help for business to proactively stop sexual harassment

Businesses and employers will be given new tools and resources to help prevent sexual harassment at work as regulations require they take more action.

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‘This Is Our Watch Now:’ The Pastor Guiding Conservatives to Southern California School Boards

Tim Thompson engineered a school board takeover by recruiting and financing candidates who run against race, religion and gender identity policies.

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‘Breathtaking’: education ministers approve national ombudsman to tackle sexual assault at Australian universities

Announcement comes after student survey found one in 20 students had been sexually assaulted since starting university and one in six had reported being sexually harassed

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Students to get greater rights over uni sexual assaults

An independent student ombudsman will oversee the handling of sexual assault and harassment complaints cases at universities in a bid to bolster safety.

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Corruption watchdog cleared – as it happened

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Family violence experts call out questioning of Ajla Tomljanović over past relationship with Nick Kyrgios

With Nick Kyrgios due to face court in Canberra after allegedly assaulting an ex-girlfriend, another ex-partner, Ajla Tomljanović, is asked a post-game question about their past relationship that leaves her "disappointed".

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Consent education needs Blak voices for the safety and well-being of young First Nations people

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The Guardian - AU

‘We will not be silent’: prominent women press Morrison government for violence and harassment reform

Group including Grace Tame and Brittany Higgins launch campaign calling for safeguards for women at work and measures to address gender gap

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School consent survey in prevention push

High school students will be surveyed ahead of expanded consent education as part of a plan to boost the prevention of family violence.

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