Two Metropolitan Police officers arrested for rape and kidnap of a woman. The police spokesperson points out they were off duty. So were David Carrick and Wayne Couzens. kilburntimes.co.uk/news/23499585.…

We know that many survivors of adult #sexualviolence access mental healthcare, but what are their experiences when they do? Find out in our new open access paper published in Violence Against Women Journal. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10… @safer_families UniMelb MDHS Maggie Bell🇦🇺♉🐾🐝 lulabele

Next #level special #NITV SBS Australia & Channel 10 have united to deliver to audiences this incredible moment of history for all! This is #TruthTelling we want & just engaging #TV we need. Congratulations cast n crew #FirstInventors & all the Screen Agency partners for this. #Enjoy!

'A Government TD is calling for an inquiry into what he describes as the “very serious State-authorised abuse" of mothers who have lost custody of their children after alleging domestic abuse by former partners...They have been accused of “parental alienation” in family law

Our consultant vacancies are still unfilled & we will not have a registrar for the rest of 2023. Leaving me as the sole (part-time) public sector adult psychiatrist for a population of >50000 people. But the organisation has given us a "worry tree" to cope with workplace stress.

'Each had divorced to keep their kids safe from their abusers but found post-divorce they were unable to do so. For years women were court ordered to send their vulnerable children to abusive fathers knowing full well that the abuse to their children was continuing.' #patriarchy

The Federal Govt and the Illawarra Women's Health Centre have officially signed the contract to hand over $25-million to help establish the Australian first Illawarra based Trauma Recovery Centre #auspol #nswpol Stephen Jones Alison Byrnes Illawarra Women's Health Centre sally stevenson

The centre is still in negotiations with the NSW Health Minister, Ryan Park to secure a transition and then a permanent site. The proponents are urging the state to make a decision as soon as possible to ensure the trauma recovery centre can open before the end of the year.

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Putting perpetrators in the picture: This Briefing Paper (4pp) on domestic and sexual violence from the QUT Centre for Justice, by Michael Flood and Lula Dembele, calls for reframing how this violence is understood, measured, and addressed. research.qut.edu.au/centre-for-jus… lulabele

I am very pleased to be joining the Safe Equal Respected conference as their opening keynote next week. I am excited to use this time to talk about the importance of authentic lived experience work and how we can unite for change. Independent Collective of Survivors (ICOS) More info: lnkd.in/dyaFm49p

An essay of mine on Narkis Golan and her son Bradley's attempt to flee an abusive husband/father, the stark failures of the Hague Convention, and the persistence of legal structures that believe men have entitlements that are divorced from their actions movementofmothers.medium.com/the-impossible…

My name is Emma Jane Taylor, I was sexually abused as a child -> this wasn't my fault, I was just a child. As a 50 year old woman, I finally feel strong enough to stand up without shame, fear or embarrassment stuck to me, like leeches. I have turned the tables & can confidently

This which hunt over the rape allegations made by my friend Brittany Higgins is extraordinary. It’s like the patriarchy wants to make sure no woman ever reports her sexual assault again. She’s a person of great courage and deserves more #IStandWithBrittany Pic: Martin Ollman

This is evident in four recent meta-analyses and systematic analyses of well over 300 studies. As summarised in the State of Knowledge Report on Violence Perpetration. The report (80 pp.) is available at full at research.qut.edu.au/centre-for-jus… QUT @theEQI lulabele

WATCH – @ellenmfanning, our panel and guests discuss today’s big issues on The Drum: fb.watch/l9a-LcrxdW/ Join the conversation with #TheDrum

If a guy said this to me I would literally ask him if needed to see a psychiatrist. Are men ok?

Well this is what we mean by an unequal relationship/abusive relationship. An example of BS gender relations. Getting the Premier to apologise BC she didn't behave like she was impressed enough & 'forgot he was the boss' in front of other people when SHE IS THE PREMIER!! GROSS.

A message from Professor Megan Davis, Co-Chair of the Uluru Dialogues and Chief Architect of the Uluru Statement from the Heart, where this all began. ❤️💛🖤 #voteyes #ulurustatement #voicereferendum