What will it take to stop gendered violence? In conversation with Jess Hill

Australian governments promised to end violence against women and children in a generation - what would this take? Why do gendered violence rates remain high in countries that lead the world in other gender equality outcomes, such as the Nordics and Australia & New Zealand? 

Please join the Australia and New Zealand Caucus for a policy discussion with award-winning journalist and author Jess Hill, who will join virtually with hybrid options for attendees. Jess will discuss why current prevention strategies fall short in addressing domestic, family, and sexual violence and what evidence-based approaches could drive social change and safer outcomes for victim-survivors. 

About Jess Hill: Jess Hill is an Industry Professor at the University of Technology Sydney, where she researches gender-based violence. Named marie claire’s 2023 Changemaker of the Year, she is a journalist, author, and educator whose work on gendered violence has received international acclaim. Her first book, See What You Made Me Do, became a bestseller. Widely regarded as a seminal text on family violence and coercive control, it has been translated into four languages and adapted into a three-part television series for SBS. Since then, Jess has written The Reckoning: How #MeToo is Changing Australia for Quarterly Essay; created the award-winning podcast series The Trap on coercive control; and presented another three-part SBS series, Asking For It, on consent. Her most recent essay, Losing It: Can We End Violence Against Women and Children?, critically analyses Australia's efforts to end gender-based violence. In 2024, Jess was appointed to the Australian government's Rapid Review into Prevention, which led to significant reforms on systems abuse and beyond.

This will be a hybrid event:

• Venue at Harvard Kennedy School: Taubman T-102 WAPPP Cason Room
• Zoom link: https://harvard.zoom.us/j/94549252040?pwd=HbvjmwrWcqXfA1reBj3G6stEWlOyKa.1

If you can, please register here so we have an idea of numbers