Sexual misconduct remains a pervasive issue across university settings, with research consistently demonstrating that women experience disproportionately high levels of harm and that men are the predominant perpetrators.
Violence against women (VAW) is one of the most pervasive human rights violations of our time.
A community- based multicomponent intervention for women’s health and early childhood health and development was conducted in rural Vietnam, spanning from mid-pregnancy through the first postpartum year.
Electorates that narrowly elect a woman to federal parliament see a fall in recorded sexual assault and in women’s hospital admissions for injury, new research shows.
Not all violence begins with a blow. Much of it begins with warning signs that many people are never taught to read
Long after they disappear from the headlines, war and conflict continue to shape the lives of those who lived through them – including how people think about violence inside the home.
This report examines how the family violence response system in Aotearoa New Zealand functions from the perspective of the victim-survivors who rely on it. Using a critical multi-case study approach, the authors interviewed five women – three wāhine Māori and two Pākehā – and analysed their agency records. The findings show a system that fails to provide practical help, delivers fragmented and single-issue responses, treats family violence as a victim-survivor’s mental health issue, distrusts the people it is meant to serve, disproportionately fails wāhine Māori and enables men using violence to continue their abuse. In stark contrast, a kaupapa Māori marae-led programme provided immediate safety, material support and mana-enhancing care. The authors conclude that Māori leadership, governance and oversight offer the greatest potential to transform the system for all victim-survivors and their families and whānau.
This flagship research report presents empirical evidence on how women and men experience insecurity at the community level in Cambodia and Lao PDR.
This research brief summarises the research findings on how women and men experience insecurity at the community level in Cambodia.
This dataset accompanies “A Subnational Women’s Safety Index for India: Evidence from DHS Clusters”
The codebook explains the terms and methodological criteria used to train Generative AI tools to identify and analyse conflict-related SGBV media reports.
Fifty years ago, the first women's refuge opened in Sydney. Today, Australia has national plans, specialist police units, landmark legislation, and a sector of hundreds of organisations. So what has actually changed – and what hasn't?
New CEVAW research is revealing how childhood experiences shape the long-term risk of violence against women. Drawing on historical data from the Vietnam War and a longitudinal study tracking young people in Fiji and Vietnam, this episode surfaces findings that challenge the scale and ambition of current policy responses. Three researchers discuss what the evidence demands – and why we haven't built it yet.
What does ‘community-led’ violence prevention actually look like in practice? This episode explores three models at different scales: Dixie Link-Gordon's face-to-face work in Redfern Aboriginal community, Dr Zoe Bell's partnership with the Australian Rohingya Women's Development Organisation navigating displacement and statelessness, and Dr Jenny Anderson on Respect Ballarat, a nation-leading community model to prevent gendered violence.
Phil Doan Pham examines how exposure to the Vietnam War during childhood shapes attitudes towards domestic violence decades later.
Yadanar Yadanar reviews school-based interventions to prevent violence against girls in low- and middle-income countries.
Alumita Lekenaua explores whether Fiji’s justice pathways meet the needs of professional women experiencing domestic violence.
