Drawing on criminalization approaches and recent debates from across the globe, this collection provides a comparative approach to assess the scope, impact of, and alternatives to criminalization in the response to violence against women #16DaysOfActivismAgainstGBV

🎉 In 2023, the AFLJ is celebrating its 30th anniversary! 🎉 As part of the celebrations, we will be sharing some of our favourite publications with #openaccess

NSW’s anti-protest law should never have been enacted. As many (including me) warned at the time, it seemed unnecessary & disproportionate. Today it was held invalid by the Supreme Court. Good. Well done Knitting Nannas and Friends - Sydney + Environmental Defenders Office. Protest rights matter caselaw.nsw.gov.au/decision/18c5a…

Earlier this month we were thrilled to launch our new edited collection 'The Criminalization of Violence Against Women: Comparative Perspectives' at Melbourne Law School. Thank you to everyone who joined us for the launch! You can read more about the book here: global.oup.com/academic/produ…

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The Australian Government has announced the navy will receive an $11 billion boost over the next decade. The same Government has invested an unprecedented $2.3 billion across the past two Budgets to address family, domestic & sexual violence. National security is important but

“A seed of resistance and hope”, Maha Abdo OAM, CEO of Muslim Women Australia beautifully articulates the significance of #Elsie

“I’ve read all the reports” says Yasmin Khan “They talk about multicultural women as a line, yet we are over represented”. Adds: “there is no national plan for multicultural women”. #Elsie

In the new Asia Rising podcast we speak to Balawyn Jones about domestic violence in Indonesia, the failing of the legal protections, and what support is in place. soundcloud.com/asia-rising/do…

Victoria’s peak body for family violence services Safe and Equal have released a statement in response to yesterday’s national cabinet announcements. They are clear that more is needed. They say, ‘While the actions announced yesterday are welcome, they are simply not enough to

Research by the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) in 2017 found it takes a victim-survivor, on average, $18,000 & 141 hours to extricate themselves from a violent relationship. 7 years later, that cost is no doubt much higher. Great article by Natalie Brown on the

Applications are open for Australian citizens and permanent residents aged between 21 and 25 years to join the Australia-Indonesia Youth Exchange Program docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

The failure of successive governments to adequately fund efforts to address family violence has created a crisis within a crisis, writes Balawyn Jones, Ghena Krayem and Amira Aftab. crikey.com.au/2024/05/21/fed…

In today’s The Saturday Paper Rosie Batty & I argue it is unfathomable that children are still repeatedly falling off policy agendas relating to domestic, family & sexual violence. The status quo is unacceptable for the current generation, & the next generation deserves better. Read our

Great to be included as a commentator on amira’s intersectional feminist analysis in this collection!

Following the International Court of Justice's Advisory Opinion, more than 100 legal experts have signed a letter demanding the Australian Gov impose an immediate arms and energy embargo on Israel and end all ties that support its illegal occupation overland.org.au/2024/08/an-ope…