Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Members of Parliament have voted unanimously to criminalize coercive control, a pattern of behaviour that can perpetuate domestic ...
Social services minister Tanya Plibersek criticises hit reality TV show Married at First Sight for ‘messaging which encourages control and dehumanises women’ ...
A man has been jailed for more than three years for strangulation, assault and using coercive and threatening behaviour to ...
A husband accused of driving his wife to suicide by raping and abusing her has claimed she lied to get attention.
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Will criminalising coercive control make a difference in the fight against domestic violence?
It often begins with controlling behaviour creating fear, intimidation and isolation. Australia's domestic violence scourge has already claimed the lives of 18 women and several children this year. At ...
Minister for Social Services Tanya Plibersek says the makers of MAFS should think twice before platforming such misogyny.
A campaigner and survivor of domestic abuse has issued a checklist of signs to help identify somebody who is experiencing coercive control. Samantha Billingham, founder of UK-based organisation ...
This past October, domestic violence month, was also a time to recognize changes to the legal definition of domestic violence. This year's statutory progress included coercive control in intimate ...
Coercive control and the severe harm it causes to those targeted by an intimate partner gets much-needed attention by new laws making it illegal in a few U.S. states. It’s now recognized that the ...
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