Losing It

Can we stop violence against women and children?; Quarterly Essay 97

Jess Hill

• Publisher: Quarterly Essay
• Year: 2025
• Print ISBN: 9781760644994
• eBook ISBN: 9781743823897
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Violence in Society
• Index: Social Sciences

What will it take to stop gendered violence?

What went wrong? Australian governments promised to end violence against women and children in a single generation. Instead, it is escalating: men have been murdering women at an increased rate, coercive control and sexual violence are becoming more complex and severe, and we see a marked rise in youth-on-youth sexual assault. Why?

In Losing It, Jess Hill investigates Australia's National Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children to find out what's working and what's not – and what we can do to turn things around. This compassionate, groundbreaking essay lifts the lid on a national crisis.

"Each time a woman or child was murdered, I felt a gnawing sense of urgency. If it's everybody's responsibility to prevent violence, where does the buck stop?" – Jess Hill, Losing It

' Losing It is a sobering read. But most of all, it's a galvanising one, inviting Australia to solve the "wicked problem" of violence against women and children within one generation.' — The Conversation

'The heavy lifting that goes into Jess Hill's work is extraordinary. I can't put this down and I hope it finds as many readers as possible'— Sarah Krasnostein

'Hill makes a compelling case that preventing violence involves not just transforming the big picture but training our lens on the source.' — Inside Story

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Contents
• Copyright
• Losing It
• Correspondence
• Contributors
• Back Cover