Webinar: Create space for pilots and evaluations of community-led interventions

This is the final instalment of our webinar series unpacking the ways of working and ways of knowing set out in The Australian National Research Agenda to End Violence against Women and Children (ANRA) 2023–2028.

Funding has traditionally given preference to academic research, however, community-led research and evaluation play a vital role in identifying effective interventions for preventing and responding to domestic, family and sexual violence.

What is community-led research?

Community-led research means that the research is undertaken by people who identify as being part of the population that researchers want to understand.

Community members and/or organisations are involved in the whole research process, from setting the research question(s) to data collection, analysis and monitoring.

Join our webinar, where panellists will:

• Highlight the benefits and challenges of community-led research and evaluations
• Discuss power imbalances in research and the importance of giving power back to the community
• Discuss power imbalances in research and the importance of enabling communities to shape the research that reflects them
• Discuss the significance of having community-based organisations and researchers to lead and inform the interventions and research
• Explore case studies that are examples of good practice

The panel discussion will be followed with a live Q&A. You can also submit questions ahead of time when you register.

This webinar will have live captions and will be recorded and uploaded to the ANROWS website and YouTube channel.

Who is this webinar for?

People involved in domestic, family and sexual violence research or evaluation work, including researchers, funders, practitioners, service providers and data custodians.

Event details

Date: Tuesday 4 August 2026
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm AEST
Location: Online via Zoom
Cost: Free

For enquiries, email events@anrows.org.au

Registration

Register to watch the webinar live

Register to receive the webinar recording

Speaker biographies

Panel facilitator: Dr Tessa Boyd-Caine (she/her), CEO at ANROWS

Tessa was born and grew up on unceded Gadigal land (Sydney), where she lives again after living overseas including in England, China and India.

Prior to joining ANROWS in 2024, Tessa 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.

She was previously Deputy CEO of the Australian Council of Social Service and was the inaugural Fulbright Professional Scholar in Nonprofit Leadership.

Tessa’s PhD looked at the detention and release of mentally disordered offenders.

Tessa is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and combines her passions for enabling young people to thrive and for arts and culture as Deputy Chair of the Board of Gondwana Choirs, the leader in Australian choral performance.

Panellist: Jade Parker (they/them), Team Leader – Sexual, Domestic and Family Violence Programs, ACON Health

Jade Parker (they/them) is the Team Leader – Sexual, Domestic and Family Violence Programs at ACON Health.

They lead a dedicated team delivering statewide health promotion initiatives to support LGBTQ+ communities across New South Wales.

Jade holds qualifications in criminology, is a proud non‑binary queer person with lived experience of SDFV, and they bring deep community insights and a strong intersectional queer and feminist lens to their leadership and advocacy work.

Panellist: Dr Emily Wright (she/her), Research Officer, Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Protection Peak, Centre of Excellence (QATSICPP)

Dr Emily Wright is a Research Officer at the QATSICPP Centre of Excellence.

She has led projects exploring First Nations evidence, cultural parenting practices, and the healing needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander fathers and boys who have experienced domestic violence.

Emily completed her PhD at Griffith University, examining media portrayals of intimate partner homicide. She also holds a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice and previously worked in the university sector for eight years researching and teaching in criminology.

Emily is passionate about producing research that amplifies the voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and contributes to meaningful social change.

Panellist: Jackie Kauli, PhD (she/her), Research, Evaluation and Strategic Officer, Queensland Program of Assistance to Survivors of Torture and Trauma (QPASTT)

She has experience collaborating with communities to undertake research that draws on local knowledge to shape strategies and prevention approaches addressing gender‑based violence.

As part of QPASTT, she contributes to a consortium delivering the Community Ally Network (CAN) project, a peer‑led, trauma‑informed initiative supporting culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities in Queensland. Led by Women’s Health & Equality Queensland (WHEQ), CAN strengthens community‑based responses to domestic and family violence.

In her role, Jackie works with consortium teams to design culturally appropriate ways of documenting CALD community experiences and strengths and supports culturally responsive engagement and reflective approaches that inform robust, community grounded responses to women and families experiencing violence.