Reflecting on Gendered Violence

Each year, we are confronted by the tragic loss of women and children to acts of violence that should never happen. The Australian Femicide Watch's RED HEART Campaign has long worked to ensure these lives are not forgotten, meticulously tracking every known Australian woman and child lost to murder, manslaughter, or neglect from white settlement to the present day.

This month, the name Isla Bell will be added to this tragic record. Isla was just 19 years old, a young woman with her whole life ahead of her, taken far too soon. She was a local, one of our own, just beginning to explore life’s possibilities and adventures.