CEVAW Analysis
Articles, Books & Book Chapters
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.”
Men’s accounts of strangulation, the law and their imprisonment demonstrate how prisons can be a site for the reproduction of gendered hierarchies, misogynist tropes, and justified violence against women.
Our study contributes to emerging international literature demonstrating the confronting nature and consequences of burn violence against women.
Reports
First Nations women’s engagement with family law amid family violence: risks, barriers, and recommendations.
Evidence-Based Resources
CEVAW Conversations Podcasts
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.
Evidence, ideas and experts working to end violence against women – across systems, contexts and communities.
Creative Works & Films
Alumita Lekenaua explores whether Fiji’s justice pathways meet the needs of professional women experiencing domestic violence.
Charlotte (Charlie) Hock interrogates the promises and pitfalls of justice in intimate partner violence cases, contrasting punitive carceral responses with restorative justice.
Allanah Colley analyses how specialist family violence courts in Victoria balance their therapeutic, problem-solving aims with the constraints of adversarial legal frameworks.