CPS makes commitment to male victims of sexual and domestic abuse (UK)

September 6, 2017
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CPS makes commitment to male victims of sexual and domestic abuse (UK)

The Crown Prosecution Service has published its first ever public statement recognising the needs and experiences of male victims of offences including rape, domestic abuse, harassment, stalking and child sexual abuse. Many male victims of these crime...
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The ‘gendered violence’ narrative: rhetoric, errors, cherry-picked statistics and circular references

July 18, 2017
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The ‘gendered violence’ narrative: rhetoric, errors, cherry-picked statistics and circular references

Abstract This paper examines bias in an online article published by the Australian ABC’s triple j HACK, as a case study of the way the ‘gendered violence’ narrative is largely built upon unsupported opinions, errors, cherry-picked st...
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TV program wants to talk with men who have experienced domestic violence

June 27, 2017
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TV program wants to talk with men who have experienced domestic violence

We have been contacted by Roje Augustin, one of the Producers with the SBS TV program Insight.  She is in the initial research phase of looking into the issue of domestic violence against men with the view to possibly running a show on the topic ...
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Finally, our policy-makers are waking up to the plight of male domestic abuse victims | Mark Brooks (UK)

June 24, 2017
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Finally, our policy-makers are waking up to the plight of male domestic abuse victims | Mark Brooks (UK)

  This week, the Queen announced that the Government are going ahead with a new Domestic Violence and Abuse Bill. The aim, broadly speaking, is to bring all the disparate pieces of domestic abuse legislation, policies and guidance together. There...
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Senator Leyonhjelm asks questions about the "Let’s Stop It At The Start" domestic violence ad campaign

June 11, 2017
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Senator Leyonhjelm asks questions about the "Let’s Stop It At The Start" domestic violence ad campaign

Excerpt from Official Recording of Community Affairs Senate Committee Proceedings from the Australian Parliament on 01/06/2017 at 13:25:00. https://youtu.be/0DLZa37LJTg Transcript as follows: CHAIR: We will kick off again and commence with questions ...
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Mothers who sexually abuse their sons | Radio National | Ginger Gorman

June 8, 2017
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Mothers who sexually abuse their sons | Radio National | Ginger Gorman

NOTE: This story contains content that people may find distressing Since the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse was established by the Government in 2013, Australia has had a long, hard and often traumatic public conve...
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