Professor Heather Douglas

Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne; Chief Investigator and Deputy Director (Knowledge Translation and Interdisciplinary), Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (CEVAW)

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Politics & Society

Research

Older women experience sexual violence too, but their stories rarely make the news

Sexual assault against older women happens at the hands of partners or carers, but Australian media barely reports it. Left invisible, these women may not recognise their own experience as abuse

Politics & Society

Special Report

Intimate partner sexual violence and the courts

Sexual assault by an intimate partner often goes unreported, and when it is, the legal system is daunting whether a woman is seeking justice or simply protection. We need a better way.