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New data reveals rates of family violence among those who died by suicide

Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Monash University and Stefani Vasil, Australian Catholic University Domestic, family and sexual violence is rightly recognised as a national crisis. While the evidence base has built significantly in recent years, one important missing piece of the puzzle is how these forms of violence have impacted people who die by suicide across the country. […]
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New research shows 1 in 5 Australians have perpetrated sexual violence in their adult lives. The true rate might be even worse.

Authored by Kate Fitz-Gibbon and Hayley Boxall. Violence against women has been declared a national crisis in Australia. National Cabinet convened its first ever meeting focused solely on the issue in May. Framed by its commitment to delivering the National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children, state and federal governments have committed to […]
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The case for a federal minister for children

In today’s The Saturday Paper Rosie Batty and Principal Consultant, Dr Kate Fitz-Gibbon, argue it is unfathomable that children are still repeatedly falling off policy agendas relating to domestic, family & sexual violence. The status quo is unacceptable for the current generation, & the next generation deserves better. There is still no one in Canberra with […]
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Dr Kate Fitz-Gibbon leads new research on intimate femicide perpetrator risks and points of intervention

This week, in her capacity as a Professor (Practice) at Monash University, Dr Kate Fitz-Gibbon and colleagues have released a new report, Securing Women’s Lives. The report presents the findings from their analysis of 235 sentencing judgments in cases of male perpetrator intimate partner femicide. The study examined risk and system interactions prior to the intimate […]
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Dr Kate Fitz-Gibbon co-authors article on why children as victim-survivors in their own right must be considered in Australia’s response to the crisis of men’s violence.

In recent weeks children as victim-survivors in their own right have been invisible in political announcements and actions. Their experiences silenced and ignored. Co-authoring an article for Women’s Agenda, Dr Kate Fitz-Gibbon explains that for too long system responses to domestic and family violence in Australia have seen children only as extensions of their primary […]
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Dr Kate Fitz-Gibbon comments in media on the alleged killing of women in Australia throughout April

Principal consultant, Dr Kate Fitz-Gibbon has been interviewed several times over the last week in media coverage following the alleged killing of numerous women in Australia by men’s violence throughout April. In an article by Natalie Brown (news.com.au) Dr Fitz-Gibbon stated: It will take every member of the Australian community to play their part to […]
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New data reveals rates of family violence among those who died by suicide

New research shows 1 in 5 Australians have perpetrated sexual violence in their adult lives. The true rate might be even worse.

The case for a federal minister for children

Dr Kate Fitz-Gibbon leads new research on intimate femicide perpetrator risks and points of intervention

Dr Kate Fitz-Gibbon co-authors article on why children as victim-survivors in their own right must be considered in Australia’s response to the crisis of men’s violence.

Dr Kate Fitz-Gibbon comments in media on the alleged killing of women in Australia throughout April

Principal Consultant, Dr Kate Fitz-Gibbon, co-authors article in The Canberra Times