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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.

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 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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Practitioner

ANROWS supports practitioners working with women and children who experience violence and men who use violence.

ANROWS offers a range of resources developed from research to support practitioners in delivering evidence-based interventions. Some key ANROWS resources for practitioners are highlighted below.

Resources for supporting 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 practice implications of every ANROWS research project

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In their own right:
Actions to improve children and young people’s safety from domestic, family and sexual violence

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Attitudes matter:
The 2021 National Community Attitudes towards Violence against Women Survey (NCAS), Findings for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander respondents

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Migrant and refugee women:
A national study of experiences of, understandings of and responses to sexual harassment in the workplace

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Australian Domestic and Family Violence Death Review Network data report:
Filicides in a domestic and family violence context 2010–2018

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The “Safe Nest Group” pilot project:
Early intervention for mothers and infants leaving family violence

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Attitudes matter:
The 2021 National Community Attitudes towards Violence against Women Survey (NCAS), Findings for people born in countries where the main language is not English

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What works?
A qualitative exploration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander healing programs that respond to family violence

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Technology-facilitated abuse:
A survey of support services stakeholders

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A preventable burden:
Measuring and addressing the prevalence and health impacts of intimate partner violence in Australian women: Key findings and future directions

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Domestic and family violence protection orders in Australia:
An investigation of information sharing and enforcement: Key findings and future directions

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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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Evidence to action and local action as evidence:
Findings from the Building Safe Communities for Women and their Children Action Research Support Initiative

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Evaluating interventions related to violence against women

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Violence against women and mental health

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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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Voices from the frontline:
Qualitative perspectives of the workforce on transforming responses to domestic, family and sexual violence

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“I just felt like I was running around in a circle”:
Listening to the voices of victims and perpetrators to transform responses to intimate partner violence

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You can’t pour from an empty cup:
Strengthening our service and systems responses for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people who experience domestic and family violence

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Fact sheets and resources

FACT SHEET

Systems-level change is urgently needed:
2021 NCAS Findings for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander respondents report

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GUIDELINES

The Australian National Research Agenda to End Violence against Women and Children 2023–2028:
Practice Leader’s Guide

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FACT SHEET

Lessons from implementing community-based primary prevention
An evaluation of White Ribbon Australia’s “Engaging communities in sexual violence primary prevention” project: Key findings

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RESEARCH SUMMARY

IN BRIEF
Migrant and refugee women: A national study of experiences of, understandings of and responses to sexual harassment in the workplace

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FACT SHEET

“Who is going to be that voice?”
What we know about parents killing their children in the context of domestic and family violence

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Research summary

Attitudes Matter:
Quick Guide to the 2021 NCAS findings for people born in countries where the main language is not English

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Practice Guide

Healing our children and young people:
A framework to address the impacts of domestic and family violence

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Practice Guide

National Risk Assessment Principles for domestic and family violence

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Compendium

Building safe communities for women and their children:
A compendium of stories from the field

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Practice Guide

Invisible practices:
Working with fathers who use violence: Practice guide

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Fact Sheet

Violence against women:
Accurate use of key statistics

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research paper

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

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Fact Sheet

Personal Safety Survey 2016

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Fact Sheet

Fast facts:
Impacts of domestic and family violence

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Link

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

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Link

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

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Practice guide

Prioritising women’s safety in Australian perpetrator interventions (practice guide)

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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

Sadie’s story: Helping women affected by domestic and family violence navigate a fragmented system

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

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Enhancing practice when working with men from refugee backgrounds who use domestic and family violence

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Strengthening capacity for multicultural and settlement services to support women experiencing violence

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Responding to sexual violence experienced among trans women of colour from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds in Australia

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The practice of partner contact and prioritising women’s safety in domestic violence perpetrator interventions

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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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Domestic and family violence and intimate partner violence in LGBTQ relationships: A discussion on strengthening practice

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Gambling harm and intimate partner violence

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Using the client–worker relationship to engage men who use 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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Practice guide

The child–parent psychotherapy model in an Australian setting

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More information

Who we are

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ANROWS’s stakeholders

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ANROWS Digital Library

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Contact ANROWS

PO Box Q389, Queen Victoria Building NSW 1230
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