Kate Fitz-Gibbon

Professor (Practice), Corporate Education, Faculty of Business and Economics kate.fitzgibbon@monash.edu

Core expertise

Violence against women
Domestic and family violence
Femicide, policy and law reform

Biography

Kate is an international research leader in the area of domestic and family violence, femicide, responses to all forms of violence against women and children, perpetrator interventions, and the impacts of policy and practice reform in Australia and internationally. She has significant experience with qualitative and survey-based research methods, and a strong record of conducting research that ethically and safely engages with family violence victim-survivors, people who use violence, and practitioners.

articles

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‘Violence at all levels’: UN report into the abuse of women and girls in sport is a wake-up call for Australia

A United Nations report details the violence that women and girls in sport face around the world – including Australia.

Politics and society

The link between family violence and suicide

New data from Victoria shows that in a quarter of deaths by suicide between 2009 and 2016, the person had experienced family violence before they died.

Politics and society

Man with head in hands is consoled by another man with his hand on his shoulder

Men’s behaviour change programs are key to addressing domestic violence – our new study shows how we can improve them

Programs to help men to stop using violence are crucial, but are men meaningfully engaging with them? A new study found opportunities to increase engagement and, in doing so, better-protect women.

Politics and society

Shocking number of Australians admit to committing an act of sexual violence

Data from the Australian Institute of Criminology shows alarmingly high rates of sexual violence perpetration.

Politics and society

Rear view image of a woman sitting alone on a bed in bedroom

The jury’s out on domestic violence disclosure schemes

A domestic violence disclosure scheme is a resource people can check to find out if a particular person has a documented history of domestic violence, but how well does it work?

Politics and society

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Living with long COVID and intimate partner violence

New research shows that for people living with long COVID and intimate partner violence, each was exacerbated by the other and services were inadequate.

Politics and society