Thousands of people, including family members of Melbourne teenager Isla Bell, have descended on major cities to protest against gendered violence.
Holly Hales
Domestic violence services are overwhelmed by growing demand and a lack of resources, the first public hearing of a royal commission in SA has been told.
Abe Maddison
Leaders of Israel and the Netherlands have condemned what they call antisemitic attacks on fans of soccer club Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Enas Alashray and Bart H. Meijer
More than 400 women have come forward to allege sexual abuse against the late Egyptian billionaire Mohamed Al Fayed.
Staff Writers
A UN investigation reveals how "torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment are used as state-sanctioned tools" in Russia.
Benno Schwinghammer
Changes to family law will take domestic violence into account for decisions, but advocates say complexities will make it hard for survivors speaking out.
Andrew Brown and Tess Ikonomou
The Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles has agreed to pay $US880 million to settle sex abuse claims.
Dietrich Knauth
Belgium's king, its prime minister and a Catholic rector have joined sexual abuse survivors to urge the Pope to improve financial compensation for victims.
Marta Fiorin and Joshua McElwee
A Sydney man who allegedly left his wife and children stranded in Pakistan with no way to return to Australia has been charged with exit trafficking.
Farid Farid
Young men and boys at risk of engaging in family, domestic and sexual violence are set to be assisted through a national early intervention trial.
The NSW government wants courts to put proactive obligations on offenders to protect women as part of reforms to lower soaring domestic violence rates.
Alex Mitchell
US actor Michael Madsen has been arrested on a domestic battery charge.
A royal commission has found hundreds of thousands of New Zealand children were abused, tortured or killed while in state and faith-based care.
Ben McKay
Approaches used for extremists and stalkers of politicians should be applied to perpetrators of domestic violence, a report suggests.
Kat Wong
Australia-first coercive control laws will require extra resources and time to enforce, the head of the nation's biggest police force says.
A new law bars Californian schools from notifying parents if their child asks to change their gender identification.
Sophie Austin
Paris Hilton has testified before US Congress at a hearing for strengthening child welfare.
Research into a decade of sentencing judgements reveals the criminal pasts of many men who killed a current or former partner in Australia.
New government legislation would see people who share digitally-altered sexual content online slapped with criminal penalties.
A package of reforms to crack down on family violence has been unveiled by the Victorian government following a spate of high-profile deaths.
Callum Godde
Services helping women and children experiencing domestic violence are set for a funding boost in a bid to tackle Australia's ongoing crisis.
As social workers are faced with increasing levels of domestic violence, a study has found they are routinely underpaid compared with their qualifications.
Payments for women escaping abusive relationships and online reforms have been agreed to at a snap national cabinet meeting on domestic and family violence.
Andrew Brown
Tens of thousands of people have marched around Australia to call for an end to violence against women as the prime minister convenes an emergency meeting.
Dominic Giannini
