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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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Prevention

Two outcomes of the National Plan are focused on stopping violence against women before it starts, including through the promotion of gender equity and respectful relationships.

Along with Our Watch, which has been established to drive nationwide change in the culture, behaviours and power imbalances that lead to violence against women and their children, ANROWS is committed to research to support prevention responses.

Below is a collection of resources, papers, reports and research projects relating to preventing violence against women in Australia.


Papers and reports

Research report

Respectful relationships in secondary schools:

A social network analysis and implementation study of an intervention

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Research report

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

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Research report

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

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Research report

Attitudes matter: The 2021 National Community Attitudes towards Violence against Women Survey (NCAS), Findings for Australia

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OVERVIEWS OF REVIEWS

Reducing relationship and sexual violence:
Findings from reviews about the effectiveness of respectful relationships and bystander programs in school and tertiary education settings

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Special collection

Local government toolkit evaluation

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Research report

Young people as agents of change in preventing violence against women

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Research summary

Preventing gender-based violence in mental health inpatient units:
Key findings and future directions

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Research summary

Violence prevention and early intervention for mothers and children with disability: Building promising practice:
Key findings and future directions

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Research report

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

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Research report

Rante-rante ampe Marle and Urreye:
“Safe, Respected and Free from Violence” projects evaluation

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Research report

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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Research report

Adverse childhood experiences among youth who offend:
Examining exposure to domestic and family violence for male youth who perpetrate sexual harm and violence

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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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COLLECTION

“It depends on what the definition of domestic violence is”:
How young Australians conceptualise domestic violence and abuse

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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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Framework

Change the Story:
National framework for the prevention of violence against women and their children

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Infographics

Australians’ attitudes to violence against women and gender equality (NCAS)

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Guidelines

R4Respect: Respectful Relationships peer education guide

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Webinar

Prevention of violence against women and safer pathways to services for migrant and refugee communities

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Webinar

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

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Webinar

Safe for women? Preventing gender-based violence in mental health inpatient units

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Webinar

Gambling harm and intimate partner violence

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Current research projects

Technology-facilitated abuse:
Extent, nature and responses in the Australian community

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Respectful relationships in secondary schools:
A control trial study and network evaluation of a classroom program for prevention of gender-based violence

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Building a framework to prevent and respond to young people with disability who use violence at home

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Further reading

ANROWS Library:
Prevention reading list

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