GUIDELINES

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

This resource is a guide to The Australian National Research Agenda to End Violence against Women and Children 2023–2028 (the agenda) for practitioners and practice leaders. It provides practical tips for how the agenda can support your work.

The agenda is a national research framework relevant for anyone working to support the safety of women, children and LGBTQI+ communities from domestic, family and sexual violence (DFSV).

This guide provides an overview of how practitioners, practice leaders and peak bodies can utilise the agenda when advocating for investments in novel approaches, evaluations and the necessary time to foster relationships between services, communities and researchers.

The guide offers practical tips for:

• advocating for funding and resources to implement evidence-informed approaches
• partnering with researchers and participating in research that integrates emerging research into practice.

Practitioners can also use this guide to understand the research priorities and the populations in focus that the agenda describes, as well as the evidence gaps that currently exist. Understanding these gaps can support practitioners to identify focus areas for advocacy and evidence creation.

The agenda and this resource were all built with an understanding that ways of working and knowing impact the quality and usefulness of research evidence. The guide also steps out the principles that inform the agenda and those who need to be involved in generating meaningful change.

This guide will be useful for practitioners, practice leaders and peak bodies working across DFSV and intersecting sectors such as health, housing, justice and education.

 

 

Suggested citation

Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety. (2024). The Australian National Research Agenda to End Violence against Women and Children 2023–2028: Practice Leader’s Guide. ANROWS.