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In the blood: Biomarkers reveal brain injury severity in intimate partner violence victims

For the first time, researchers have used blood tests to identify concussion caused by domestic violence, including some patients who also experienced non-fatal strangulation.

Medicine and health

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

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

Gender-based violence: Follow the evidence

Australian researchers urge prioritising evidence-based solutions and incorporating Indigenous experiences to tackle rising gender-based violence cases.

Politics and society

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

Believable evidence in the #MeToo era: Another day of struggle for victim-survivors

With the media and legal bar set so high seven years after the global awakening of #MeToo, it’s an ongoing battle for female victim-survivors to provide bulletproof evidence in the contested spaces of “she said/he said”.

Politics and society

Capturing the brain impacts of intimate partner violence

The potential risk of brain injury playing sport is well-documented, but less-known is the effects of intimate partner violence on the brain. New research is aiming to change that.

Medicine and health

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

Lost in translation: Fostering trust in interpreting services

The “invisible” nature of interpreters’ roles means many of the challenges they face aren’t widely acknowledged.

Politics and society

Unifying media approaches to address the violence against women crisis

A unified approach from journalism scholars in the Global North and Global South is needed to promote more gender-sensitive, solutions-driven, and victim-survivor-centred reporting about violence against women.

Politics and society

Will the government’s action plans to end violence against women and children be enough?

While the actions outlined in the plans are admirable, achieving the set targets will require a significant increase in urgency and funding.

Politics and society

Harrowing stories of murdered Indigenous women, and the failure of police to act

New research shows Indigenous women experiencing intimate partner violence had engaged with police to help them. However, many didn’t receive the support that potentially could have saved their lives.

Politics and society

Family law bill is a big step forward, but doesn’t do enough to address family violence

We should celebrate the fact this bill is passing through parliament. It shows the government has responded to insistent calls for change to protect families. However, there are two key concerns.

Politics and society

Budget 2023-24: A step in the right direction for women's safety

Funding initiatives show an emerging agenda for transformation, recognition of the specificity of temporary migrants’ experiences of family violence, and the need for system reforms.

Politics and society

Forced marriage as family violence

Recognition of forced marriage as a form of family violence paves the way for victim-survivors to seek help, but are the support systems set up for it?

Politics and society

The barriers to identifying intimate partner sexual violence

Sexual violence and family violence intersect, but little is known about how responses to perpetrators address intimate partner sexual violence.

Politics and society

Giving up on perpetrators isn’t an option

Why the work to hold family violence offenders accountable is only just beginning.

Politics and society

Fixing gender-based violence in one generation

We need not just an acknowledgement of children as victim-survivors in their own right, but a commitment to boost resourcing of child-centred recovery support.

Politics and society

Harassment and violation: The stark reality of online oppression

New research reveals that more than half of all Australians have experienced technology-facilitated abuse.

Politics and society

Political leaders silent on violence against women

Neither Scott Morrison nor Anthony Albanese has prioritised a commitment to recognising and reducing men’s violence in their election pitch. They haven’t even uttered the words “violence against women”.

Politics and society

Listening to the voices of family violence victim-survivor advocates

We must take heed of what those with lived experiences are calling for in Australia’s policy commitment to end the national crisis of violence against women.

Politics and society

Too little in the budget to support women’s safety

There’s a crisis in women’s safety, but the budget commitments are piecemeal – and some aren’t even new.

Politics and society

Are the voices of victim-survivors from CALD communities really heard and understood?

A new cross-industry project highlights the experiences and difficulties faced by Korean diaspora domestic and family violence victim-survivors in Australia.

Celebrating women

What we don’t know about women as ‘weapons of war’

Sexual violence, a weapon of war recognised by many governments and international institutions, impacts thousands of people during and after conflicts. But how widespread and systematic it is largely remains a mystery.

Politics and society