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Victoria Police Assistant Commissioner Steve Fontana defends senior homicide investigator Mick Hughes over his comments that women should not walk alone in parks.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, community-and-society, women, police, safety, melbourne-3000, doncaster-3108
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Topics: comedy-humour, carnivals-and-festivals, women, cairns-4870
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Gippsland, in south-east Victoria, will have its first woman bishop when Kay Goldsworthy is installed at Saint Paul's Cathedral in Sale tomorrow.
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| UpdatedA former Wagga Wagga social worker claims domestic violence rates will escalate if the government continues its current funding model for the sector.
Topics: domestic-violence, women, family, federal---state-issues, regional, wagga-wagga-2650
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| UpdatedIndian prime minister Narendra Modi says he is "deeply concerned" about the rape of an elderly nun and the demolition of a church as protests for the better protection of women and religious minorities erupt across the country.
Topics: sexual-offences, law-crime-and-justice, women-religious, women, christianity, government-and-politics, activism-and-lobbying, india, asia
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| UpdatedAn international human rights group says Cyclone Pam's most vulnerable victims are the women left in its devastating wake.
Topics: cyclones, disasters-and-accidents, rights, women, vanuatu, pacific, japan
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| UpdatedDomestic violence support workers in Tasmania are calling for greater recognition and help for the hidden number of women suffering from acquired brain injury after being abused.
Topics: domestic-violence, women, womens-health, community-and-society, family-and-children, tas
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| UpdatedEast Indian police search for a group of six men who robbed and allegedly gang raped an elderly nun in West Bengal state.
Topics: sexual-offences, law-crime-and-justice, christianity, women, india, asia
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Warrnambool resident Delma Clapp has been inducted onto the Victorian Honour Roll of Women for her work tackling domestic violence.
Topics: domestic-violence, awards-and-prizes, programs-and-initiatives, person, women, warrnambool-3280
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| UpdatedFive women's rights activists who were reportedly planning to raise awareness of sexual harassment on public transport are being criminally detained in China.
Topics: government-and-politics, feminism, police, women, human, china
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Disability advocate and women's campaigner Sue Salthouse is named the 2015 Canberra Citizen of the Year.
Topics: states-and-territories, disabilities, work, women, canberra-2600, act
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| UpdatedA senior Labor Party strategist calls for the party to put more women in Federal Parliament, in the latest salvo in the factional war over a coveted Senate position in Queensland.
Topics: alp, political-parties, government-and-politics, women, qld, australia
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| UpdatedThe Edith Cowan Memorial in Perth, nestled on a traffic island in the middle of a roundabout on King's Park Road, pays tribute to a leader in women's rights in Australia.
Topics: history, women, perth-6000
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| UpdatedStamping out sexual and family violence is more to do with "attitudinal change" than law changes, says Tasmanian Governor Kate Warner.
Topics: domestic-violence, women, tas
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| UpdatedIn the wake of the controversy surrounding the sexual abuse of women who want to be surgeons, universities may introduce sexual harassment education into health courses.
Topics: doctors-and-medical-professionals, medical-ethics, health, community-and-society, women, sydney-2000
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The manager of a north Queensland domestic violence service has welcomed the promise to create two new shelters for women in the state.
Topics: domestic-violence, programs-and-initiatives, women, family-and-children, states-and-territories, mackay-4740, townsville-4810
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Thousands of people around the world have taken part in rallies, marches and even a marathon to mark International Women's Day.
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| UpdatedThe organiser of a forum in Wagga Wagga on gender equality says it is a whole of community issue that men need to become involved in.
Topics: women, womens-health, regional, wagga-wagga-2650
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| UpdatedThe Salvation Army apologises after comments by one of its officers suggested women fleeing domestic violence "use and abuse" women's refuges.
Topics: domestic-violence, women, salvation-army, australia, broken-hill-2880
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| UpdatedA senior surgeon who attracted several complaints over comments that women in her field should protect their careers by "complying with requests" for sex is standing by the remark.
Topics: doctors-and-medical-professionals, medical-ethics, health, women, community-and-society, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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Queensland Government will fund two new domestic violence shelters in Brisbane and Townsville, the Minister for Women says.
Topics: domestic-violence, activism-and-lobbying, public-sector, women, family-and-children, brisbane-4000, townsville-4810
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| UpdatedMinister for Women Shannon Fentiman says Queenslanders need to "have a conversation" about how to close the gender pay gap.
Topics: women, work, activism-and-lobbying, state-parliament, public-sector, brisbane-4000, qld
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| UpdatedEvents are held around the world to mark International Women's Day - a time, the United Nations says, "to reflect on progress made, to call for change and to celebrate acts of courage and determination".
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Getting more women into trades traditionally done by men is crucial to addressing the 24 per cent gender pay gap, the WA Government says.
Topics: women, perth-6000