Great to hear practical, solid ideas for reducing #DFSV in the short to medium term at this La Trobe University Ideas & Society Program event! "We have industries in this country that are profiting from violence against women," says Michael Salter. 'Partnering' isn't enough; regulation is key

#ESA2024 #ESAPorto24 Gender and Justice is a new interdisciplinary feminist journal calling for articles with a focus on the gendered dimensions of inequality & injustice Submissions from sociolology are very welcome! bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/journals/gende…

“Amnesty International Australia has warned the incoming Northern Territory government that its 'tough on youth crime' approach must not breach human rights law, as the Country Liberals promise to lower the age of criminal responsibility to just 10...” nit.com.au/27-08-2024/133…

I wonder if this is any different for social work students here in Australia? Do social work student learn how to identify coercive control?

Hilarious, infuriating and oh so familiar, all at once!

📣 #ESA2024 #ESAPorto2024 CfPs Vol 2 Issue 1 #GenderandJustice👇 DM for blurb Please RT LEX (Law, Gender & Sexuality) Network Dr Sharron A. FitzGerald🇨🇮🇪🇺🇩🇪 maggie oneill #CeaseFireNow Professor Jill Marshall VAWG Research Network Prof Linda Connolly SOAS Centre for Gender Studies

“The Albanese government commissioned the review following an emergency national cabinet meeting in May in recognition of the fact the objective of the national plan – to end gendered violence in a generation – was wildly off-course..” ⁦⁦Kristine Ziwica⁩ thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/health/20…

The idea of holding down a vomiting child with your foot is incomprehensible. Putting a spit hood on them, even more so. And yet here we are in Australia in 2024. The colonial project continues…

📢 General Registration open 4 our joint conference 7-8/11/24 University of Liverpool Details: lexnetwork.org/conferences/ All welcome Please RT Dr Sharron A. FitzGerald🇨🇮🇪🇺🇩🇪 Professor Miranda Horvath VAWG Research Network CSEL Professor Jill Marshall Feminist Legal Research and Action Network

Evidence plentiful on direct victims of violence. Less about impact on victims' family & relatives - the indirect victims. VISION researchers Lizzie Cook & Sally McManus found relatives tended to face multiple adversities & poor mental health. More🔽 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

“Floyd Churnside helps rehabilitate family & domestic violence perpetrators at Derby's Emama Nguda Aboriginal Corporation. He said while it was still early days, the feedback … from men who participated in voluntary workshops, their families & the community had been positive.”

"Politically inspired law and order policies operate in a parallel universe from the real effects of criminalisation and imprisonment" Locking up young people might make you feel safer but it doesn’t work, now or in the long term theconversation.com/locking-up-you… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

“our communities will not be safer if we just keep punishing and locking up children who have complex needs caused by poverty, homelessness, disability, health and mental health issues, domestic, family and sexual violence, systemic racism and intergenerational trauma.”

The Scottish government is working to embed the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and Keep the Promise. The Promise is that Scotland's children and young people will grow up loved, safe and respected.

NTV 2024 Conference is off and running! Launched by NTV CEO Phillip Ripper, NTV Board Chair Tim Lo Surdo and Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence Commissioner Micaela Cronin, the feeling of energy and hope in the room was palpable.

What Kate said.

“When she left the stand after her day of questioning, Chloe says she was shell-shocked … Though her ex-partner had questioned her for four and a half hours, when court adjourned for the day he was only “halfway through” #enoughisenough theguardian.com/australia-news…