Federal Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has commissioned a review into how Australia’s justice system can better serve victims and survivors of sexual violence.
Senators from all side of politics have united to condemn universities for being untrustworthy,inconsistent and opaque in the handling of sexual assault complaints.
The consent activist’s refreshing views on doubt,determination and death-threats.
A NSW government report,the first of its kind in decades,found outdated myths and stereotypes of “genuine victims” were rife in sexual assault trials.
A national survey of 43,000 university students found one in six had been sexually harassed and one in 20 had been assaulted since they began their studies.
Sports clubs and nightclubs could host discussions about sexual violence to clear up widespread confusion about sexual consent.
Several women’s and advocacy groups are calling for nationally uniform laws around consent,including a standardised age and legal expectation for actively communicating consent to create a clearer message about acceptable behaviour.
After some bruising weeks in federal parliament,perhaps reviving a social code that obliges men to mind themselves around women might improve relations between the sexes.
Long-time advocate against domestic violence Jess Hill turns her forensic lens towards two new issues:consent and her own cancer.
It is surprising and deeply disappointing that the NSW Education Department has still not made any changes to the way it teaches consent in the state’s public schools.
The Teach Us Consent petition,launched by Chanel Contos,called for NSW schools to include lessons on rape culture,sexual coercion,toxic masculinity,victim blaming and queer sex.