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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.

Register of Active Research

The ANROWS Register of Active Research (RAR) aims to provide a comprehensive landscape of research currently in progress in Australia that relates to domestic, family and sexual violence (DFSV). It lists research projects that are underway.

In November 2023 ANROWS released the Australian National Research Agenda (ANRA 2023–2028). The purpose of the ANRA is to direct research efforts towards addressing priority evidence gaps for policy and systems-wide practice design, nationally.

A centralised register of current research in priority research areas is an important resource for researchers who are considering projects and seeking research funding, and for research funders when assessing grant applications. The RAR is also a useful resource for researchers seeking to collaborate across jurisdictions and disciplines on future projects.


To be included in the RAR, research must be related to DFSV, have an Australian target population and be currently underway.

The value of the RAR increases with each relevant project registered. Therefore, we strongly encourage researchers to register project details as soon as practicable. 

Submitted projects will be uploaded to the RAR as soon as possible after registration.

Please note that while ANROWS encourages rigorous and ethical research, we are not able to quality assure the projects proposed for inclusion in the RAR. Inclusion in the RAR does not indicate an endorsement from ANROWS.

Research outputs can be found in the Completed Register of Active Research projects reading list in the ANROWS Digital Library.

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Stronger Futures CRE: Building resilience and breaking cycles of intergenerational trauma and social inequity

Prof Stephanie Brown

Commenced February 2021

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Adolescent girls’ digital dating abuse victimisation in Australia and Brazil

Gisella Lopes Gomes Pinto Ferreira

Commenced January 2021

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Constructions of women with disability experiencing family and domestic violence

Commenced January 2021

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A community-led approach to preventing gendered violence at school

Dr Victoria Rawlings

Commenced January 2021

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Violence, risk and safety: The changing face of Australian criminal laws

Prof Luke McNamara

Commenced January 2021

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Understanding and addressing everyday sexism in Australian universities

Prof Mindy Blaise

Commenced January 2021

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Invisible disability: Indigenous women living with traumatic brain injury

Dr Michelle Fitts

Commenced January 2021

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Understanding the long-term impact of childhood emotional abuse

Prof Nicole Moulding

Commenced January 2021

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Gender differences in the prevention of youth victimisation and offending

Dr Stacy Tzoumakis

Commenced January 2021

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Domestic violence disclosure schemes: A national review

Commenced January 2021

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The criminalisation of coercive control: A national study of victims’ and survivors’ views on the need for, benefits, risks and impacts of criminalisation

Commenced January 2021

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Men, sport, consent: Communicating and promoting respectful relationships

Commenced December 2020

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