CEVAW Analysis

A scoping review mapping 42 domestic and family violence perpetrator interventions across 14 Indo-Pacific countries - revealing a sector more innovative than its evidence base reflects, and a significant gap in programs reaching marginalised men.

Specialized nongovernmental domestic violence (DV) services provide critical support to victim/survivors. This research examines how expanded criminalization impacts support workers’ roles.

Despite its potentially fatal consequences, sexual choking/strangulation is an increasingly common sexual practice. This paper examined whether and how Australian adults perceived choking/strangulation in terms of “safety.”

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?

Alcohol and other drugs aren't just substances people use, they're tools perpetrators weaponise to extend control and abuse. In this episode, researchers and practitioners unpack substance use coercion: how it shows up in families' everyday lives, why it's so challenging to address, and what trauma-sensitive responses require. Essential listening for anyone working in child and family services, domestic violence support, or substance use treatment.

Professors Heather Douglas, Julia Tolmie and Kyllie Cripps bring legal expertise, research insights and lived experience to unpack the limits of the current justice system – and what we should be asking instead.