Wendy Tuohy
Wendy Tuohy is a senior writer focusing on social issues and those impacting women and girls.
Katie’s daughter had anorexia. Then child services came for her son
This marketing executive found herself fingerprinted by police after an eating disorder ravaged her family. This is what she wants other parents to know.
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What Jefferson wants boys and parents to know about the manosphere
Jefferson Nguyen went looking for advice on how to talk to women. What he discovered online turned him into a young man even his sister found disturbing.
- Wendy Tuohy
Grace Tame’s bookings cancelled for 2026 amid ‘national smear campaign’
After telling a conference how child sexual abuse thrives on silence, the former Australian of the Year revealed her public speaking engagements for the year had been cancelled.
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- Child safety
A boy sexually harassed Lucy at school. Then his mother used an IVO to silence her
The number of children seeking legal help with intervention orders placed by other school parents has doubled. For Lucy, whose harasser took one out on her, it was devastating.
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Testosterone saved Claire’s sex life, but women still pay more for it than men
Women’s health specialists say the decision to knock back the menopause treatment is sexist, but there are concerns intense public demand is not backed by scientific evidence.
- Wendy Tuohy
Police charge man with assault of solo Daylesford hiker
On the day of her alleged assault, trekker Sarah Gibbs was told by Dayesford police that little could be done, but detectives have now charged a 51-year-old man.
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Sarah’s experience while hiking alone has women taking safety into their own hands
Student Sarah Gibbs filmed her trek to show solo women hikers what they could achieve, but what followed left her terrified and feeling police didn’t take what happened seriously.
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Four weeks of leave, 12 of school holidays: The parenting equation that doesn’t add up
Parents should not be left at “breaking point” by a gap of about two months between their annual leave and school holidays, advocates say, and international strategies to support them should be tried here.
- Wendy Tuohy
High-rise v High Street: The battle for the soul of Thornbury
An Italian espresso bar helped spark this suburb’s renaissance, but locals now fear its success may see a South Yarra- style overdevelopment, removing the eclectic mix and destroying its soul.
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- Domestic violence
Young men need education to cope with rejection to keep women safe: DV experts
Young men need help addressing behaviours they may not recognise as common precursors to fatal violence, experts say.
- Wendy Tuohy