Being a victim of sexual assault and seeking help is difficult for anyone, but when the victim is lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/or queer (LGBTQ) the thought of reporting a crime may well be laced with added layers ...
Social Sciences
Aug 13, 2009
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Ten years after a federal law required colleges and universities to offer sexual assault prevention programming to students, only about half of them are doing it.
Social Sciences
Aug 25, 2023
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College students who identify as part of minoritized groups have more negative perceptions about how their peers might react if they were to disclose experiences of sexual violence, a recent Oregon State University study ...
Social Sciences
Oct 24, 2023
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Large parts of Australia are currently in the grip of a heat wave, and climate change means we're in for more frequent and intense heat events into the future.
Social Sciences
Dec 8, 2023
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Last week, the Albanese government announced an expert panel to support relationships and sexuality education in Australian schools.
Education
May 25, 2023
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In recent days, Prime Minister Scott Morrison told Australians the treatment of women is not "of a scale that any government can simply change, it is something we must change as a society."
Social Sciences
Mar 26, 2021
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Gender-based violence (GBV) is a public health issue that encompasses acts of violence based on individuals' sex or gender, such as intimate partner violence (IPV), sexual assault, and violence against women, among others. ...
Social Sciences
Jan 16, 2024
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The law should take into consideration neuroscientific evidence that suggests fear and threat can cause victims to become "frozen" in cases of rape or sexual assault, argue UCL experts.
Social Sciences
May 22, 2023
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As news about alleged gang sexual assault at St. Michael's College in Toronto dominated headlines in Canada and even globally in the past two weeks, some parents and educators posed a familiar question: What can educators ...
Social Sciences
Nov 30, 2018
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Trans and gender diverse people housed in male or female prison facilities face dangerous and stressful daily hazards that Australia's prison systems are trying to address to raise standards.
Social Sciences
Oct 25, 2023
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