Welcome to 2025.

It’s harder to say “happy new year” when you remember that 101 women were killed by men in 2024 (Femicide Watch Australia, 2024).

It might not sound like a huge number, until you compare it to the 46 women who were killed by men in the 2022-23 financial year (AIHW, 2024).

Men killing 101 women in 12 months is horrific because it is a doubling of violence against women in Australia.

Domestic and family violence is a national emergency, with 1 in 4 Australian women having experienced violence from a male partner (White Ribbon, 2024).

With that in mind, I read the following books last year, and I believe they would help any Australian man who wants to understand the current war on women and children in our nation.

More importantly, this information can help any person who wants to help us end the war on women.

I was thoroughly impressed by the way these writers gathered measurable data and research from all around Australia and sometimes internationally.

I’m sure you’ll find the statistics astounding – because I did, and I’ve already been reading on these topics for 20 years.

For example, for women with disabilities, the rate of men’s violence is doubled (Scope Disability Services Australia, 2024).

A note on gender references: All references in this article to “women” include trans women. Much of the data on “women” also includes non-binary people, who are routinely marked as female “for insurance purposes”.