Losing It

Can We Stop Violence Against Women and Children? (Quarterly Essay 97)

Jess Hill

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Black Inc
18 March 2025

Domestic violence; Australian Society

Series: Quarterly Essay

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

By: Jess Hill
Imprint: Black Inc
Country of Publication: Australia
Edition: 97th edition
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 167mm, Spine: 12mm
Weight: 226g
ISBN: 9781760644994
ISBN 10: 1760644994
Series: Quarterly Essay
Pages: 112
Publication Date: 18 March 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jess Hill is an investigative journalist and the author of See What You Made Me Do and the Quarterly Essay The Reckoning. She has been a producer for ABC Radio and journalist for Background Briefing, and Middle East correspondent for The Global Mail. Her reporting on domestic abuse has won two Walkley awards, an Amnesty International award and three Our Watch awards. See What You Made Me Do won the 2020 Stella Prize and the ABA Booksellers' Choice Adult Non-Fiction Book of the Year.