Violence against women

26/03/2025 | Kate Fitz-Gibbon | Domestic and family violence, News Article, Policy, Politics, Violence against women

Response to the March 2025 Federal Budget

With Safe and Equal CEO Tania Farha and No to Violence CEO Phillip Ripper, Principal Consultant Dr Kate Fitz-Gibbon spoke with News.com.au reporter Natalie Brown following last night’s federal budget. Frontline domestic, family and sexual violence services across Australia have repeatedly told us they are stretched beyond capacity. On the ground, this means turning away […]

03/03/2025 | Kate Fitz-Gibbon | Domestic and family violence, New publication, News Article, Police, Violence against women

‘He knows how to make sure that there is no evidence’: when your domestic violence abuser is a police officer

Ellen Reeves, University of Liverpool; Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Monash University; Sandra Walklate, University of Liverpool, and Silke Meyer, Griffith University People experiencing domestic violence are often urged to report their abuse to police. But what if your abuser is a police officer? Our new research, drawing on 17 interviews with victim-survivors from two studies and published […]

07/02/2025 | Kate Fitz-Gibbon | Domestic and family violence, Policy, Politics, Uncategorized, Violence against women

Two years on: The impact of paid domestic and family violence leave in Australia

This week marks two years since the introduction of paid domestic and family violence leave—a critical reform ensuring that up to 12.4 million workers, including casuals, have access to 10 days of paid leave each year. For victim-survivors, this leave can mean the difference between safety and financial insecurity. It provides the time and security […]

01/02/2025 | Kate Fitz-Gibbon | Femicide, Femicide law, Homicide law reform, Policy, Violence against women

Argentina’s president is vowing to repeal ‘woke’ femicide law. It could have ripple effects across Latin America

Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Monash University In a major setback in the fight against gender-based violence, Argentinian President Javier Milei’s government has announced it will repeal the crime of femicide from the penal code. In a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos last week, Milei dismissed femicide laws as a product of “woke” culture and […]

28/12/2024 | Kate Fitz-Gibbon | Domestic and family violence, Homicide law reform, New publication, New research, Policy, Violence against women

Community attitudes to defences and sentences in cases of homicide and assault in Queensland

Over the past 10 years, criminal legislation in Australia has been reformed substantially, to ensure the law reflects evolving contemporary understandings of different forms of domestic and family violence, including non-physical forms of abuse. This includes recent reforms to introduce an offence of coercive control and affirmative consent legislation On 15 November 2023, the Queensland […]

11/10/2024 | Kate Fitz-Gibbon | New publication, News Article, Prevention, Sexual violence, Uncategorized, Violence against women

‘Violence at all levels’: UN report into the abuse of women and girls in sport is a wake-up call for Australia

Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Monash University This week the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls presented a report detailing the violence experienced by women and girls in sport globally. The report provides a global snapshot of the abuse women athletes experience, who is most likely to perpetrate the violence, and makes recommendations […]

20/08/2024 | Kate Fitz-Gibbon | Children and young people, Domestic and family violence, New publication, Policy, Violence against women

Forthcoming book: Our National Crisis

I am extremely grateful to Monash University Publishing for the opportunity to write another book as part of their In the National Interest, building on my earlier contribution to this series. 📌 Violence against women and children is a national crisis. Nearly a decade has passed since family violence was first declared a national emergency […]

Response to the March 2025 Federal Budget

03/03/2025

‘He knows how to make sure that there is no evidence’: when your domestic violence abuser is a police officer

07/02/2025

Two years on: The impact of paid domestic and family violence leave in Australia

01/02/2025

Argentina’s president is vowing to repeal ‘woke’ femicide law. It could have ripple effects across Latin America

28/12/2024

Community attitudes to defences and sentences in cases of homicide and assault in Queensland

11/10/2024

‘Violence at all levels’: UN report into the abuse of women and girls in sport is a wake-up call for Australia

20/08/2024

Violence against women

Response to the March 2025 Federal Budget

‘He knows how to make sure that there is no evidence’: when your domestic violence abuser is a police officer

Two years on: The impact of paid domestic and family violence leave in Australia

Argentina’s president is vowing to repeal ‘woke’ femicide law. It could have ripple effects across Latin America

Community attitudes to defences and sentences in cases of homicide and assault in Queensland

‘Violence at all levels’: UN report into the abuse of women and girls in sport is a wake-up call for Australia

Forthcoming book: Our National Crisis

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Response to the March 2025 Federal Budget

‘He knows how to make sure that there is no evidence’: when your domestic violence abuser is a police officer

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Argentina’s president is vowing to repeal ‘woke’ femicide law. It could have ripple effects across Latin America

Community attitudes to defences and sentences in cases of homicide and assault in Queensland

‘Violence at all levels’: UN report into the abuse of women and girls in sport is a wake-up call for Australia

Forthcoming book: Our National Crisis