Women and their allies have had enough of gendered violence so they're organising rallies across Australia to demand political leaders do something about it.
William Ton
Amnesty International says human rights are facing their most serious threat in decades, highlighting the conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine.
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Aboriginal women in the Northern Territory suffer one of the highest rates of domestic, family and sexual violence in the world, a Senate inquiry has been told.
Rudi Maxwell
The UN has described a bill which criminalises LGBTQ+ people in Ghana as "profoundly disturbing".
FRANCIS KOKUTSE (Associated Press)
The domestic violence policy for NSW Police has not been reviewed for years and includes no mention of coercive control offences that will soon be introduced.
Esther Linder
Advocates believe the federal government is moving in the right direction to help end family and domestic violence against First Nations women and children.
China has reportedly been lobbying non-Western countries to praise its human rights record at a United Nations meeting in Geneva.
Emma Farge
More than half of Indigenous women are survivors of violence and it's hoped an expansion of community-driven services will provide culturally-based healing.
Millions of dollars in funding will help a Central Australia support group clear a waiting list of women seeking help against violence.
Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil and Immigration Minister Andrew Giles face still more pressure over their response to last month’s High Court after a third former immigration detainee was arrested.
Katina Curtis and Kimberley Caines
The National Survivors' Day committee wants the Victorian government to widen the Beaumaris inquiry into abuse to include all schools across the state.
Rachael Ward
Most women with disabilities who face domestic violence find it harder to seek help due to the attitudes and systems within support services.
Kat Wong
The United Nations has highlighted gaps in Australia's efforts to protect children from abuse, including the need to raise the age of criminal responsibility.
The prime minister has called for a "whole of society mobilisation" to stop violence against women following the death of a young Sydney woman last month.
With more than 50 women killed in Australia this year, an AFL club is trying to give girls the tools they need to spot and get out of abusive relationships.
Jacob Shteyman
A government-funded campaign will encourage adults to have ongoing and proactive conversations with kids in order to prevent child sexual abuse.
Samantha Lock
A day of action has been held against domestic, family and sexual violence in the Northern Territory, where organisers say the system is in crisis.
Neve Brissenden and Rudi Maxwell
The attorney-general has released the government's plans to understand and tackle the role of coercive control in family and domestic violence.
Two baby boys whose parents had been homeless and desperately seeking accommodation support have died within weeks of one another.
Annabel Hennessy
Australia remains an outlier on the international stage without a federal human rights act, several refugee advocates told an inquiry.
Farid Farid
Aboriginal man Dennis James Fisher has lost a Federal Court case arguing he should have access to age pension sooner because of his shorter life expectancy.
Tara Cosoleto
Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi has avoided a death sentence and been jailed for six years and three months over last year's protests.
Researchers are probing whether spending quality family time outdoors in nature can reduce some of the difficult child behaviours associated with screen time.
Melissa Meehan
The Australian government has moved all refugees and asylum seekers off Nauru but will retain the capacity for offshore detention.
Abdul Hekmat