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Research

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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 their 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.

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ANROWS supports governments at all levels to develop policy relating to violence against women and children, including policy across the community services, justice and health sectors.

ANROWS is funded by the Commonwealth and all state and territory governments of Australia, under the National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children 2010–2022 (the National Plan).

ANROWS offers a range of resources that translate the research evidence to support policymakers in delivering evidence-based policy.

Some key ANROWS resources for policymakers are highlighted below.

Resources relating to different priority populations can be found under the “I am a …/I am interested in …” menu, or via the search function. Additional resources can be found in our Library.


Papers and reports

Research to policy and practice papers:
Short papers that summarise the policy implications of every ANROWS research project

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ANROWS state of knowledge papers:
Papers that review the literature on specific issues related to violence against women and their children

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Change the Story: National framework for the prevention of violence against women and their children (Our Watch website)

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Migrant and refugee women in Australia: A study of sexual harassment in the workplace

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Attitudes matter: The 2021 National Community Attitudes towards Violence against Women Survey (NCAS), Findings for Australian states and territories

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“Chuck her on a lie detector”:
Investigating Australians’ mistrust in women’s reports of sexual assault

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Australians’ attitudes to violence against women and gender equality:
Findings from the 2017 National Community Attitudes towards Violence against Women Survey

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Special collection:
Perpetrators of domestic, family and sexual violence: Special collection – June 2019 (updated June 2020)

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Research summary:
The impacts of domestic and family violence on children (August 2018)

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Evaluating interventions related to violence against women

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Exploring the onset, duration and temporal ordering of adverse childhood experiences in young people adjudicated for sexual offences:
A longitudinal qualitative study

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Fact sheets and resources

Fact sheet

Migrant and refugee women in Australia: A study of sexual harassment in the workplace

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Special collection

Defining and responding to coercive control: Policy brief

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Fact sheet

We’re all progressing together: NCAS findings for Australian states and territories

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Fact sheet

Have our attitudes and understanding improved since 2017? NCAS 2021 findings for Australian states and territories

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FACT SHEET

“Chuck her on a lie detector”: Investigating Australian’s mistrust in women’s reports of sexual assault – Key messages

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Fact Sheet

Violence against women: Accurate use of key statistics

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Research report

Intimate partner violence:
An avoidable burden on the health of women and their children

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Fact Sheet

Personal Safety Survey 2016: Fact sheet

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Fast Facts

Fast facts:
Impacts of family, domestic and sexual violence

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Practice Guide

National Risk Assessment Principles for domestic and family violence

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Special collection

Working across sectors to meet the needs of clients experiencing domestic and family violence

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Practice Guide

Evaluation Quick Guides

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Webinar

Accurately identifying the person most in need of protection

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Webinar

Preventing and responding to sexual harassment in the workplace: A discussion

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Webinar

Strengthening accountability across perpetrator intervention systems

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Working with women who have experienced complex trauma in mental health and refugee services: A comparative discussion

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Invisible practices: Working with fathers who use violence

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Working with complexity

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Gambling harm and intimate partner violence

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Understanding the role of Law and Culture in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in responding to and preventing family violence

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More information

Who we are

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Australia’s National Research Agenda to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children

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ANROWS’s stakeholders

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The Australian policy context

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The ANROWS publication suite

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ANROWS Library:
Government policies and initiatives reading list

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Contact ANROWS

PO Box Q389, Queen Victoria Building NSW 1230
Email: enquiries@anrows.org.au      

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