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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.

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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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Research Program


Violence against women and children affects everybody. It impacts 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.

ANROWS is committed to delivering rigorous, innovative and relevant research in the areas of domestic violence, family violence and sexual violence, and to building a national evidence base that supports policy and practice in reducing violence against women and children.

Our research program is aligned with the Australian National Research Agenda to End Violence against Women and Children, which underpins the National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022-2032.

 

ANROWS commissions research by expert academics and practitioners, and also conducts its own research.



OUR RESEARCH ENCOMPASSES OVER 50 PROJECTS, ACROSS THE FOLLOWING AREAS:

Research grants

Learn more about our research grants including current funding opportunities for research on domestic, family and sexual violence.  

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ANROWS Sexual Harassment Research Program

Research to contribute to a national evidence base on sexual harassment to guide policy and practice.

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Core research

Research into the impacts and responses to the diverse experiences of domestic and family violence, and sexual violence against women.

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Fourth Action Plan research

Research responding to the five priority areas of the Fourth Action Plan of the National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children 2010–2022.

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Perpetrator interventions research

Research on perpetrator interventions to improve systems and service effectiveness, as well as responding to the diversity of perpetrators.

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research

Research to strengthen Indigenous communities, for and by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

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Action research and evaluation

Projects grounded in action research methodology to support and evaluate services.

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Community attitudes

Research on how people understand violence against women and their attitudes towards it.

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