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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.

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.


SUBMISSION

Inquiry into family, domestic and sexual violence

The submission was made to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs during its work in shaping Australia’s next national plan to reduce and end violence against women and children.  

The submission consolidates research from ANROWS and other sources to inquire and report on family, domestic, and sexual violence. This submission provides evidence and recommendations for the development of the following key areas:

  • Immediate and long-term measures to prevent violence against women and children, and improve gender equality
  • Best practice and lessons learnt that could be considered in an Australian context
  • The level and impact of coordination, accountability for, and access to services and policy responses
  • The impact of health, housing, access to services and women’s economic independence on the ability of women to escape domestic violence
  • Identification of all forms of violence against women
  • Overcoming limitations in the collection of nationally consistent and timely data
  • The efficacy of perpetrator intervention programs and support services for men
  • The experiences of all women, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, rural women, culturally and linguistically diverse women, LGBTQ and intersex women, women with disability, and women on temporary visas
  • The impact of natural disasters and other significant events such as COVID-19.

Evidence and recommendations made by in the submission were also into account by the Committee and contributed to informing the development of the successor to the National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and their Children 2010–2022 (the National Plan) and highlight directions for future research.

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