quick-escape

Feeling unsafe? Find support services   emergency? call 000

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 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.


EXTERNALLY FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS

Adolescent girls’ digital dating abuse victimisation in Australia and Brazil

Background

Digital dating abuse is increasingly recognised as a global social and health issue, particularly among young people, the most digitally connected age cohort. To date, much research on this topic comes predominantly from North American and European countries and, internationally, scholars have not always paid attention to the gendered dimension of adolescent digital dating abuse victimisation and perpetration.

Aim

This study sets out to identify digital dating behaviours and their impacts on young women that experienced these behaviours during adolescence and investigate young women’s perceptions of these behaviours.

Methods

  • Cross-country qualitative design
  • Semi-structured interviews with 20 young adult women aged 18-21 years about their experiences of digital dating abuse during adolescence (12-19 years) in Queensland and the same number of participants in Brazil.

Significance

My research will allow us:
  • to better understand these experiences and impacts on young women’s lives
  • amplify young women’s voices from Australia and Brazil in this urgent conversation about digital dating abuse
  • and contribute to a more gender equal world, where young women can feel safer when using technology in their dating relationships.

Project start date

January 2021

Expected completion date

November 2024
Back to top