Books, Articles and PhDs

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Heat, Home-Based Assault and Domestic and Family Violence Injuries: Evidence from Hospital Emergency Department Presentations

Elevated temperatures have been associated with increased interpersonal violence, yet evidence from hospital, health-sector data remains limited.

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Recommendations From Aboriginal Community-Controlled Organisations to Mainstream Inquiries on Family Violence: It's Time to Act

This article examines recommendations from Aboriginal Community-Controlled Organisations (ACCOs) in submissions to Australian federal parliamentary inquiries that considered family violence.

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Why does Gendered Language Matter? Evidence on the Cultural and Cognitive Channels

Does speaking a gendered language affect an individual's support for gender roles, or does it simply indicate that an individual comes from a more patriarchal culture?

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To Prevent and Protect Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: ASEAN Commitments to the Regional Plan of Action on Women, Peace and Security

This article examines the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) fulfilment of commitments to prevent and protect populations from sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) under the ASEAN Regional Plan of Action on Women, Peace and Security (RPA-WPS).

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Consolidating gender apartheid: five years on from the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan

Five years after the Taliban's return to power in Afghanistan, gender apartheid has been consolidated into a comprehensive system of political, social, economic and legal control that extends beyond the restrictions imposed during Taliban rule between 1996 and 2001.

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Attitudes of Victim-Blame Toward Image-Based Sexual Abuse Victim-Survivors in Fiji: Understanding Gendered and Cultural Norms

Victim-blaming and entrenched gender norms are a persistent barrier to justice and support pathways for victim-survivors of sexual and domestic violence in Fiji

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Child sexual abuse victim-survivor experiences of disclosure over time: Perspectives from an Australian qualitative study

Child sexual abuse (CSA) affects over a quarter of Australians, yet many victim-survivors never disclose their experiences or do so decades later. Responses to disclosure strongly influence safety, wellbeing, and long-term healing. Disclosure is increasingly understood as a gradual, lifelong process shaped by personal, social and institutional factors. Improving professional and community responses requires a deeper understanding of victim-survivors' experiences.

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