To brighten your Monday

Our history is important. This is a quick an easy read to learn about women's shelters in Australia ♀️❤️
Squatting, kidnapping & collaboration: Australia’s first women’s shelters were acts of radical grassroots feminism theconversation.com/squatting-kidn… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand Dr. Emma McNicol

50 years ago, the first shelter for women experiencing domestic violence was established in Sydney.

It’s opening was far from a ribbon-cutting affair, but it’s legacy is long and powerful, writes Dr. Emma McNicol (@MonashUni).

theconversation.com/squatting-kidn…

“The murder rate is accelerating at a rate we have not seen for decades” says Anne Summers #Elsie “I hope we can understand more about the monster we are confronting — and I hope this will lead us to rethink our approach. While gender equality is essential, it is not enough.”

A pleasure to get to spend Gail Weiss’s final night in Melbourne with her. Safe travels and thanks for your mentorship and kindness Gail 😘

On December 4, 1969, Black Panther leader Fred Hampton was murdered by police.

'We're going to fight racism not with racism, but we're going to fight with solidarity. We say we're not going to fight capitalism with black capitalism, but we're going to fight it with socialism.'

My latest co-authored publication

Centring victim-survivor voices, Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Naomi & Dr. Emma McNicol explore what is needed to ensure new paid DFV leave provisions are embedded effectively across Australian workplaces. This article is OPEN ACCESS! Read it Journal of Criminology rb.gy/fx3tw

Seems timely NTEU Victoria NTEU Monash Branch

Had a ball on this panel.
I believe we must come to terms with the fact that racial-gendered violence was a foundational aspect of our brutal colonial frontiers if we want to progress Australia-based DFV support and legal system for anyone & everyone.

Join us for this free public event at Monash Clayton tomorrow, register here monash.edu/diversity-incl… or watch this space for the recording if you can’t make it in person

Great to be running a session on cultural inclusion at the HRWS Summit at Parliament House today with @Bhiamie Williamson.

Beautiful instructions and aspirations for research:

Please share: Cecile Parrish Memorial Scholarship scholarship deadline Sep 24, 2023.

I was very fortunate to receive this scholarship while writing my PhD thesis. Happy to chat about applications if you dm me.

Can't contain my excitement to be with my MonashGFV postdoc gang Stefani Vasil & Dr. Emma McNicol (along with Lorna) to discuss the role of culture in domestic and family violence. Special thanks to Frances Egan for putting this panel discussion together.