Jane Gilmore

Domestic violence is the most important story in Australia. As Margaret Simons, associate professor of journalism at Monash University, has said, “The statistics alone tell us this is Australia’s biggest crime, health and human rights story. It is…

Violence myths about rape are the preconceptions and subconscious biases we’ve learned through millions of tiny interactions with the world. Every advertisement that depicts women as passive sexual objects, every movie where the female villain is a…

Violence myths about rape are the preconceptions and subconscious biases we’ve learned through millions of tiny interactions with the world. Every advertisement that depicts women as passive sexual objects, every movie where the female villain is a…

In July 2013 a woman called Tracy Connelly was murdered in Melbourne. It made headlines in most of the national newspapers, all of which used some variation of the phrase “St Kilda prostitute killed”. The story dropped off the front page of every…

Additionally, the Personal Safety Survey estimates over 370,000 women are subjected to violence from men each year, which means nearly four million women will suffer sexual or physical violence while we still and wait for gender equality to ride in…

The fourth stage of the National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children 2010–2022 was officially released late last week and hidden in all the puffery and announceables are some deeply concerning details. The report says the…

Last Friday in Melbourne, 12 schoolchildren watched as their teachers tried desperately to save a woman outside a burning house who was screaming that she had been stabbed. The teachers and children had been bike riding through Officer, in the city's…

Last Friday in Melbourne, 12 schoolchildren watched as their teachers tried desperately to save a woman outside a burning house who was screaming that she had been stabbed. The teachers and children had been bike riding through Officer, in the city's…

Most murders make news. Not always front page news, but they’ll get a mention in a publication somewhere. It’s how Destroy the Joint’s Counting Dead Women project can report that 26 women have been killed so far this year. It is important those…

Most murders make news. Not always front page news, but they’ll get a mention in a publication somewhere. It’s how Destroy the Joint’s Counting Dead Women project can report that 26 women have been killed so far this year. It is important those…

Jess Hill’s investigations into domestic violence and the family court won Walkley awards (deservedly so) and make for truly heartbreaking reading. Her new book, See What You Made Me Do, is the culmination of four years of forensic research and…

Jess Hill’s investigations into domestic violence and the family court won Walkley awards (deservedly so) and make for truly heartbreaking reading. Her new book, See What You Made Me Do, is the culmination of four years of forensic research and…

What happens when a man who has been convicted of a family violence offence expresses what appears to be genuine remorse and desire to change? Particularly when the man is a public figure and his choice to commit the offence has therefore become a…

What happens when a man who has been convicted of a family violence offence expresses what appears to be genuine remorse and desire to change? Particularly when the man is a public figure and his choice to commit the offence has therefore become a…

Avoid stress. You should, you know. You’ve probably already heard it from a doctor but, for the rare woman who hasn’t, Harvard Medical School has got you covered. Their website warns that women in particular suffer from workplace stress and caregiver…

Avoid stress. You should, you know. You’ve probably already heard it from a doctor but, for the rare woman who hasn’t, Harvard Medical School has got you covered. Their website warns that women in particular suffer from workplace stress and caregiver…

Perimenopause could be causing suicide in women between 45 and 54 years of age. Or it might not. It could be causing chronic insomnia in midlife women, which in turn can lead to all kinds of physical and mental health problems. Or it might not. It…

Perimenopause could be causing suicide in women between 45 and 54 years of age. Or it might not. It could be causing chronic insomnia in midlife women, which in turn can lead to all kinds of physical and mental health problems. Or it might not. It…

A long interview with US neuroscientist Dr Lisa Mosconi on the link between menopause and Alzheimer’s disease has been doing the rounds on social media this week, and it’s scaring the bejeezers out of many women over 40. Alzheimer’s affects around…

A long interview with US neuroscientist Dr Lisa Mosconi on the link between menopause and Alzheimer’s disease has been doing the rounds on social media this week, and it’s scaring the bejeezers out of many women over 40. Alzheimer’s affects around…