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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.

KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER

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.

KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER

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.

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN RESEARCH

Register of active and recent research


The projects listed on this page provide a more comprehensive picture of recent research in Australia related to violence against women and their children.



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Detecting, preventing and responding to image-based abuse

A/Prof Nicola Henry

Commenced March 2021

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Implementing workplace domestic violence policies during COVID-19: What happens when home is the workplace?

Dr Ruth Weatherall

Commenced April 2021

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Improving understanding of and responses to alcohol-related family violence for Aboriginal people

Prof Marcia Langton

Commenced April 2021

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Reducing gendered harm in involuntary mental health service provision

Dr Emma Tseris

Commenced May 2021

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Training needs of exercise, diet and other allied health professionals in responding to gender-based violence

Ms Lauren Wheatley

Commenced June 2021

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Understanding the unique contribution of Catholic agencies to the prevention of and response to family violence

Susan Broomhall

Commenced June 2021

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Empowering Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander girls, changing communities

Dr Sadie Heckenberg

Commenced July 2021

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Family violence triage in family courts: Safety, efficacy and benefit

Prof Jennifer McIntosh

Commenced July 2021

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Professionals’ perspectives and experiences regarding child sexual abuse prevention

Andrew Burton

Commenced July 2021

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Transformative social responses to domestic, family and sexualised violence: A qualitative exploration of Insight Exchange, a victim and survivor–centred initiative informed by response-based practice

Prof Rita Shackel

Commenced July 2021

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Safety and health after arrival: Identifying and responding to domestic violence experienced by refugee and migrant women recently arrived in Australia

Prof Jo Spangaro

Commenced August 2021

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Eliminating sexual violence within the military

Prof Megan MacKenzie

Commenced September 2021

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