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Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety Limited is an independent, not-for-profit research organisation established to produce evidence to support the reduction of violence against women and their children.
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The VOICES project by @UniMelb & @ANROWS is looking into experiences & service needs of women living in Aus who've been afraid, controlled by partner or had unwanted sexual experiences in past 5 yrs. Anonymous & confidential survey 👉http://ow.ly/QSzn50Gefnn
#VAW #DomesticViolence
Gender equality has always been at the forefront of family violence prevention. However, COVID-19 has exacerbated the immense difficulty of gender equality education - even more so within culturally diverse communities. #MOJONewsAU https://www.mojonews.com.au/preventing-family-violence-through-gender-equality-is-it-working
“The experiences of migrant women are a “blind spot” in the Australian understanding of domestic violence, says Yasmin Khan, who runs the Bangle Foundation [@BangleFound], a women’s support service in Brisbane." https://hubs.la/H0XYVN90
Women experiencing extreme financial stress were 10 times more likely to experience physical or #sexualviolence in the early stages of our #COVID19Aus pandemic. Get the facts in this @ANROWS resource drawn from 2020 @AICriminology research.
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I'll be presenting a paper from our @ANROWS complex trauma project on the role of dissociation in intergenerational and collective trauma - co-authored with @DelanieWoodlock and others. https://twitter.com/ISSTD/status/1440824496890343429
Closes midnight Sunday 26 Sep. @ANROWS is seeking a digital campaign officer to execute a digital media strategy that builds our organisation's profile & helps distribute national and international research findings on domestic, family & sexual violence.
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The @AICriminology have released their survey of women’s self-reported experiences of violence during the #COVID19 pandemic (Feb - May 2020). @ANROWS have created a number of fact sheets highlighting the results of the study.
https://www.anrows.org.au/publication/covid-19-fast-facts-prevalence-of-domestic-violence-among-women-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/?utm_content=180482896&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&hss_channel=tw-2797348164
If you’re a disability worker, it can be hard to have conversations about technology-facilitated abuse with those you support. eSafety’s new conversation starters can help. Find out more: https://www.esafety.gov.au/key-issues/domestic-and-family-violence/training-for-frontline-workers/disability-support-workers
Women experiencing increased financial stress during the pandemic are at greater risk of first-time violence.
Financial insecurity restricts women's choices and freedoms, and can be a deliberate tool of #CoerciveControl. https://twitter.com/ANROWS/status/1440164884646281227
Did you know the @ANROWS library contains more than 10,000 pieces of research pertaining to violence against women (#VAW)? We are committed to providing open access research where possible. The library is supported by our Information Management Officer.
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Underreporting of sexual violence is a problem across the globe. A new Hungarian study found "roots of underreporting in the complexities of the criminal justice system" including a failure to prioritise victims’ needs. https://hubs.la/H0XT7lj0
ANROWS have produced handy summaries of @AICriminology research w/@hayleyboxall1 & @rickbrown2201 into #domesticviolence during #COVID19. Pandemic has been associated with first-time & escalating #IPV, social isolation & financial stress are major drivers: https://bit.ly/3Cvw3yr https://twitter.com/ANROWS/status/1440164884646281227
INSIGHTS
Interventions for perpetrators of domestic, family and sexual violence in Australia
To support the growing policy focus on perpetrators of domestic, family and sexual violence, ANROWS commissioned and published 20 relevant research reports between 2018 and 2020. This paper synthesises their key findings and the recommendations arising from these findings.
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publications, news and updates.
The intersection of violence and disability – ANROWS Notepad | 21 September 2021
Published on Tuesday, 21st September 2021-
The intersection of violence and disability – ANROWS Notepad | 21 September 2021
Published on Tuesday, 21st September 2021 -
Continuing the national conversation on women’s safety – ANROWS Notepad | 8 September 2021
Published on Wednesday, 8th September 2021 -
Government invests in preventing sexual harassment
Published on Monday, 6th September 2021 -
Supporting migrant and refugee women experiencing violence – ANROWS Notepad | 24 August 2021
Published on Tuesday, 24th August 2021
RESEARCH PROGRAM
Australia’s National Research Agenda
Australia’s National Research Agenda to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children 2020–2022 provides a framework for, and guidance on, priority areas of research and research topics for academics, researchers, research funding bodies and governments across Australia.
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