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Young Australian women in financial hardship are twice to three times as likely to experience violence

Alice Campbell, The University of Queensland and Janeen Baxter, The University of Queensland

New research undertaken for this week’s National Summit on Women’s Safety finds violence and unwanted sexual activity are far more common among young women experiencing financial hardship than women who are not.

We need to talk about loneliness


Feeling lonely is a sign you need to reconnect, and maybe do some things a bit differently. We spoke to some experts about ways you can do this.
Long before COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, loneliness had become an epidemic in this country. The virus just made it worse. One in two people in...

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