Australia will no longer charge immigration detainees for their own imprisonment

School of hard knocks still follows tradition, say parents: claims that bullying continues at Farrer high school, despite policy changes and a half million dollar payout to a severely traumatised former student.

Anti-abortion group barred from NSW schools

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I'd express some sort of outrage over Miranda Devine's offering this morning, only I can't actually work out what she's saying. I think she's trying to get across that men are natural born rapists and that women's best bet is to try and appeal to their chivalry, but the piece is such a muddle that I can't really be sure. One paragraph says that men ( Read more... )

For young women, here are some snappy retorts to use if you're pressured for sex. "BOY: Everyone else is doing it. GIRL: Well, you'd better go and have sex with everybody else then." (Where would we be without Kaz Cooke? 'A Modern Girl's Guide to Safe Sex is one of the best books I've ever owned ( Read more... )

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Happy or not, Russians rarely smile in public

Why girls are killing themselves. "[Teenage girls] lack the privacy needed to work through the emotional struggles of adolescence because of cell phones, instant messaging, and social networking sites. 'Let's say things aren't going well in middle or high school and you email someone about it,' Hinshaw ( Read more... )

Rick Warren's Africa Problem: "Warren's defense against charges of intolerance ultimately depends upon his ace card: his heavily publicized crusade against AIDS in Africa. [...] But since the Warren inauguration controversy erupted, the nature of work against AIDS in Africa has gone unexamined. [...] an investigation into Warren's involvement in ( Read more... )

Iraqi women suffer 'silent emergency': "Despite the billions of dollars poured into rebuilding Iraq and recent security gains, a quarter of the women interviewed still do not have daily access to water, a third cannot send their children to school and since the war started, over half have been the victim of violence."

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Students stay silent on sex assaults"Schools frequently dismiss sexual assault between students as part of the 'rough and tumble' of high school life, a report by the Australian Institute of Family Studies shows ( Read more... )

NZ woman drives sleeping rapist to police station. Police: "She showed a lot of bravery and common sense."

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Memo to Media: The Palin Rape-Kit Story Has Not Been 'Debunked'

Midwives found to aid babies' survival

Love Me Tender? Sex and Power in the Age of Pornography

Just five to 10 per cent of child sex abuse cases which proceed to court result in a plea or verdict, and only half of those result in a ( Read more... )