Violence

A student prays during a vigil for a gang rape victim in New Delhi, who died as a result of the attack.

Blame people, not governments, for violence against women

Rachael Jacobs Nearly a month after the brutal gang rape and subsequent death of a 23-year-old woman in New Delhi protests still rage in India.

Curfew could fuel more nightclub violence

Tony Zalewski Concerns regarding high levels of alcohol-related violence in and around nightclubs remain in Australia, with media reporting regularly on the issue.

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Waleed Aly

Anti-US violence isn't about a film, it's about an excuse

Waleed Aly Where do I start? Perhaps with the viral image that will come to define this episode: a child who'd be three or four hoisting a sign above his head blaring, ''Behead all those who insult the...

John Brady

Sport's the solution to violence, not the problem

John Brady Australian sportsmen, Chloe Angyal asserted in the Herald on Monday, won't stop assaulting women.

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Random violence isn't confined to the Cross

Paddy Doulman Random, unprovoked attacks are not confined to Kings Cross. They can happen anywhere – and aren't that uncommon, either.

Nina Funnell

Sport bans for violence don't affect only clubs

Nina Funnell The new Australian Rugby League Commission has suspended Cowboys halfback Robert Lui for a year and Sharks player Isaac Gordon for nine matches after both were found guilty of domestic...

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Michael Duffy

Violent games don't really beget violence

Michael Duffy Violent video games do not encourage crime. They prevent it.

Trying to understand the vendetta logic of violence

Jason Koutsoukis Havat Gilad, home to about 15 families who live in the distinctive white portable homes that have come to symbolise the more zealous elements of the settler movement, is as good a place as any to...

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Allison Pearson

As Blade weeps in court, we forget the Blonde is the victim

Allison Pearson If you have just accidentally shot dead the woman you love, what do you do?

Tim Soutphommasane

After the Wilders trip, multicultural Australia can take a bow

Tim Soutphommasane It was a good thing that Geert Wilders, the Dutch politician, came to visit Australia last week.

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Ken Lay

Police committed to focusing on crime, not race

Ken Lay Racial profiling. Over the past week, these two words have been used in conjunction with Victoria Police. It's something I don't want to see happen again.

Anita Sethi

Seeking a home away from home - and away from racism

Anita Sethi For a brown-skinned Brit, Melbourne is a very welcoming city - most of the time.

Darwin, dinosaurs and the devil

Mark Joseph Stern An Australian creationist believes Charles Darwin is to blame for drug abuse and pornography, and that people rode dinosaurs.

Jacqueline Maley

PMS may be gone but women are in no mood to lose anger

Jacqueline Maley News of the death of pre-menstrual syndrome came as a terrible shock.

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Daniel Flitton

Why it's best the West treads warily in Mali intervention

Daniel Flitton History tells us that the sending of troops into troubled African nations often ends badly.

Eve Ensler

If you truly love women, stand up and dance on February 14

Eve Ensler There seems to be two types of risings on the planet right now. One is a sexual violence typhoon that is affecting most countries in the world.

Why the world is more dangerous with fewer girls

V. Rukmini Rao and Lynette Dumble Today's skewed sex ratios amount to femicide, write V. Rukmini Rao and Lynette Dumble.

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Elisabeth Betz

Real reasons for tension lost in rush to judgment

Elisabeth Betz 'Mobs tearing up Logan. Did any of them do a day's work today, or was it business as usual and welfare on tap?'' the Coalition's indigenous health spokesman, Andrew Laming, tweeted in response to...