Sexual violence

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 […]

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 […]