Sexual Harassment

Politics & Society

Migrant and refugee women in Australia don’t feel safe at work

New research finds migrant and refugee women in Australia are facing high levels of workplace sexual harassment and racial discrimination with little protection

Environment

Doing more to stop sexual violence in plain sight

A lack of understanding of women’s fear in public spaces still puts the burden of personal safety on the victim, not the perpetrator

Politics & Society

Consent apps are a bad idea – here’s why

Using an app to verify sexual consent only risks protecting perpetrators and reduces sex to a transaction. What is needed is social change

Politics & Society

Allegations of sexual harassment and abuse an urgent test for government

The latest sexual assault allegations to consume Australia’s parliament is a reminder that a roadmap for legislative reform has been ‘left on the shelf’

Politics & Society

Busting the myths about sexual harassment

We have decades of research on sexual harassment and how to combat it. But first, we need to dispel the myths that enable it

Health & Medicine

Sexual objectification harms women

Research that asked women to log the times they felt sexually objectified on their smartphones has found it harms their wellbeing – even when they are witnessing other women objectified