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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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Important work: alongside a team that deals with illegal and harmful content, including child sex abuse material, the @eSafetyOffice has an Image-Based Abuse team who cover the non-consensual sharing of intimate images or videos, or threats to do so. https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/investigators-tasked-with-viewing-the-worst-aspects-of-humanity-20201231-p56r1y.html
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"The Australian Institute of Criminology [@AICriminology] researcher Hayley Boxall said the findings show women who have been reported for domestic and family violence behaviours were often responding to threatened or actual abuse." #DFV
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/jan/13/most-women-who-commit-family-violence-turn-to-verbal-abuse-report-finds
The Lighthouse Pilot commences today in the Brisbane and Parramatta registries for parenting only applications. The Pilot screens for risk, with a primary focus on improving outcomes for families. For more information see http://www.federalcircuitcourt.gov.au/lighthouse
The Department of Social Services has released the first Australian #research to examine women who use force. It found strong evidence that women who use force have experienced high rates of #DFV & childhood abuse or victimisation.
https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/women-who-use-force
New research by Cynthia Brown, @MichaelGLFlood & @hegarty_kelsey finds "young people perceive [digital dating abuse] DDA to have significant emotional consequences for victims and that there are gender differences in the perpetration and impact of DDA." https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13676261.2020.1858041?journalCode=cjys20
Such a pleasure to work on this article with @HDouglasLaw and Nicola Sheeran exploring service provider views on #reproductivecoercion against women from migrant minority ethnic backgrounds @safer_families @UniMelbMDHS @mariestopesaus https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13691058.2020.1859617#.X_zYZh_QRPE.twitter
ANROWS supports academics to disseminate their research beyond academia to increase its impact, using a dedicated Knowledge Translation & Exchange (KTE) team.
#research #KTE
https://theconversation.com/unis-want-research-shared-widely-so-why-dont-they-properly-back-academics-to-do-it-151375
The National Community Attitudes towards Violence against Women Survey, or NCAS (available on the ANROWS website), examines prevalence of stereotypes & attitudes to women experiencing violence. Outdated attitudes are barriers to women accessing justice.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/little-justice-in-treatment-of-alleged-abuse-victims-20210103-p56re2.html
ANROWS
Annual Report
2019–20
2019–20
Throughout a tumultuous year, ANROWS provided a much-needed evidence to support the safety of women and children. Access the Annual Report to read about our highlights from the year, and find out more about who we are, our work and our governance.
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publications, news and updates.
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ANROWS Notepad 17 December 2020
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Barriers preventing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women from reporting family violence
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Self-representation creates barriers for women in the Family Law Courts
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ANROWS Notepad 3 December 2020
Published on Thursday, 3rd December 2020
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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