Violence Against Women

Authored by: Stefani Vasil, Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice, Australian Catholic UniversityKate Fitz-Gibbon, Principal Consultant, SEQURE Consulting and Professor (Practice),Monash UniversityMarie Segrave, Professor of Criminology and ARC Future Fellow, Melbourne University This study explores the overlooked link between family violence and women’s deaths by suicide in Victoria. Reviewing coronial cases and expert interviews, it […]

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 […]

Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Monash University and Hayley Boxall, Australian National University For most of this federal election campaign, politicians have said very little about violence against women and children. Now in the fourth week of the five-week campaign, Labor has released its “commitment to women” announcement. The Coalition has also flagged it will have something to […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Principal consultant, Dr Kate Fitz-Gibbon, has co-authored an article with Matt Tyler,Executive Director of community and systems impact at Jesuit Social Services.