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Research

Our research

Violence against women and children affects everybody. It impacts on the health, wellbeing and safety of a significant proportion of Australians throughout all states and territories and places an enormous burden on the nation’s economy across family and community services, health and hospitals, income-support and criminal justice systems.

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News and events

ANROWS hosts events as part of its knowledge transfer and exchange work, including public lectures, workshops and research launches. Details of upcoming ANROWS activities and news are available from the list on the right.

ANROWS

About ANROWS

ANROWS was established by the Commonwealth and all state and territory governments of Australia to produce, disseminate and assist in applying evidence for policy and practice addressing violence against women and children.

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Resources

To support the take-up of evidence, ANROWS offers a range of resources developed from research to support practitioners and policy-makers in delivering evidence-based interventions.


Our leadership

Dr Tessa Boyd-Caine

CEO

Prior to joining ANROWS in 2024, Dr Tessa Boyd-Caine was the founding CEO of Health Justice Australia, the national centre for health justice partnership. Originally a criminologist, she has worked in health, criminal justice and human rights organisations in Australia and internationally.

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Anandini Mayuran

DIRECTOR, ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT & STRATEGY

Anandini Mayuran has over 15 years’ experience in strategy design, public policy, organisational development, and philanthropy.

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Dr Meredith Nash

DIRECTOR, COMMUNICATIONS & ENGAGEMENT

Dr Meredith Nash is an internationally recognised gender equity thought leader with a 20-year career spanning government, academia, not-for-profit, and corporate sectors.

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Dr Kristin Diemer

DIRECTOR, RESEARCH

Dr Kristin Diemer brings more than 30 years' expertise in family violence research. She developed Australia's first multi-agency Family Violence Database and co-led the globally recognised kNOwVAW data course with UNFPA and DFAT.

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Lucy MacMillan

DIRECTOR, IMPACT

Lucy Macmillan is an evaluation and impact specialist with 20 years’ experience across domestic violence, justice, education, public health, and homelessness sectors.

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