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24/04/2025 | Kate Fitz-Gibbon | Domestic and family violence, Domestic and family violence, News Article, Policy, Politics, Sexual violence, Violence against women

The major parties have announced their plans to address domestic and family violence. How do they stack up?

Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Monash University and Hayley Boxall, Australian National University In the past week, at least seven women have been killed in Australia, allegedly by men. These deaths have occurred in different contexts – across state borders, communities and relationships. But are united by one truth: they are part of the ongoing national crisis of […]

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 […]

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 […]

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