Girlguiding, 2016 The Girlguiding charity has been asking girls what they think every year since 2009 through our Girls’ Attitudes Survey. They collect the views of over 1,600 girls and young women aged 7 to 21 across the UK. This year girls and young women reported that they feel held back by gender stereotypes, sexism, and anxiety about how they look. They think they may not achieve...
19 August, 2016 There are currently two surveys seeking data from young Australian LGBTIQ people, in order to ultimately assess and improve worker’s practice when it comes to this population, and the overall wellbeing of communities. University of Tasmania – How Young LGBTIQ+ people in Australia use digital social media. A team of researchers at the University of Tasmania are...
The Guardian, Saturday 23 April 2016 08.33 AEST As recently as in the past six months, the high-profile campaign against domestic violence spearheaded by Rosie Batty has expanded to include the abuse regularly experienced by women on the internet, by both known and unknown perpetrators. New data has helped to reveal the staggering extent of the problem in Australia. A study by the digital...
Guardian, 11 April 2016 They face harassment including death threats and racist abuse. Why are social media sites and police unable or unwilling to tackle the problem? For the past 16 months, Suzanne Fernandes has been targeted online with racial abuse, pornography and death threats. The two individuals she believes are responsible share many similarities: an interest in far-right politics, an...
The Conversation, February 10, 2016 12.00pm AEDT Federal MP Tim Watts spoke in parliament on Monday about the ways in which new technologies are being used to stalk, intimidate, threaten and harass women. This abuse, he suggests, often happens in domestic violence situations. It is also happening in new ways, such as via “revenge pornography”, to which our current laws are unable to respond...
ABC Newcastle, 18 January, 2016 1:10PM AEDT Indigenous language, gay rights, and social media – at 26 Gamilaroi man Matty Morgan is packing a lot into life. He is a young Aboriginal man who’s not afraid to take the lead. Hosted by Jill Emberson, 1233 ABC Newcastle Mornings presenter, Meet the Mob is a weekly profile of Aboriginal people in the Hunter region of New South Wales. Read...