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UNSW Centre for Ideas

Silenced Women

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Wednesday 26 February from 6:30pm to 7:45pm

Featuring Jennifer Robinson, Hannah Tonkin, BJ Newton and Nour Haydar.

More than one in four women in Australia have experienced domestic or family violence, and one in five have experienced sexual violence. Yet, despite survivors increasingly speaking out, systemic barriers to addressing gender-based violence persist.

In a powerful and necessary conversation, internationally acclaimed lawyer Jennifer Robinson, NSW’s inaugural Women’s Safety Commissioner Hannah Tonkin and UNSW academic BJ Newton join forces to examine how legal, institutional and cultural systems can suppress the voices of women, and the far-reaching impact this has on our society.

Chaired by journalist Nour Haydar, this event will explore the growing use of legal threats and actions to silence survivors, outdated gendered views and systems, and the rise in online misogyny and abuse, and ask how we can dismantle structures that protect perpetrators. Focusing on fostering societal cohesion and equity for all, this conversation offers vital insights into addressing and ending gendered violence.

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