Violence Against Women
Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs Secretary-Treasurer, Chief Marilyn Slett (K̓áwáziɫ), was in Ottawa on Tuesday - Canada's National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murde...
Note: this article contains references to assault and abuse which some readers may find distressing. What happened to Kumanjayi Little Baby in Mpwarente / Alice Springs shocked the nation, and especia...
A West Arnhem Land man who stabbed his wife through the heart on Darwin's Esplanade three years ago will be eligible for parole in two weeks after pleading guilty to her manslaughter.
Domestic, family and sexual violence remains one of the most urgent challenges in Australia. Yet despite strong community leadership, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities too often lack t...
Note: This report contains distressing details, and images of an Indigenous person who has died. The man who murdered Indigenous woman Ms Woodley in her Boorloo/Perth home has been jailed for more tha...
In the 1970s, the US agency that provides health care to Native Americans sterilised thousands of women without their full and informed consent, depriving them of the opportunity to start or grow fami...
The historic launch of the first dedicated national plan on violence against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in Canberra this month marked a decade of campaigning led by First Nations wome...
WA Police are investigating the death of a woman in Albany. National Indigenous Times understands the woman, aged 69, was Indigenous. Homicide Squad detectives are investigating her death which occurr...
This report includes references to gender-based violence. Thousands of runners across Australia will take part on Sunday, 15 February, in the second National Take Back the Track Day.
Note: this report includes the names of Indigenous people who have died. Footage of fugitive Julian Ingram taken hours before he allegedly murdered three people has been released as police vow they wo...
Research has found women in the Marshall Islands are seeking legal protection against abusive partners at a significantly lower rate than in other Pacific island countries.
Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this report contains the name and image of a person who has died. South Australian Police have charged a 37-year-old man with the mur...
The 16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence is now underway, uniting millions of people from November 25 to December 10 in a global movement to end violence against women and girls.
