Books, Articles and PhDs

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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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How safe are women? Constructing a cross-national index on the foundations of women’s safety

This article introduces the global Women’s Safety Index (WSI), outlining its rationale, purpose, and potential applications. The Index consist of three dimensions: Equity, Protection, and Resources, identified as foundational to women’s safety.

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Funding, Power, and Resistance: How International Aid Shapes Feminist Movements in Fiji

Fiji endures one of the world’s highest rates of gender-based violence (GBV), with two in three women experiencing physical or sexual abuse from a male intimate partner. Entrenched colonial legacies, harmful social norms, and economic inequalities fuel this crisis, normalizing the violence and silencing its survivors.

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Understanding the role of faith-based pastoral care in responding to domestic violence

This article provides an overview of the increased focus on the role of religion, religious leadership and faith-based organisations in ending gender-based violence including domestic violence.

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Violence, vulnerability and protection on the move: interrogating the intersection of scholarship and practice on displacement

Reflections from scholars and practitioners on violence and extreme vulnerability linked to forced displacement in humanitarian contexts has inspired this article.

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What keeps women safe from violence during shocks? Review of risk and protective factors in the Indo-Pacific region

VAW can escalate during and immediately after shocks – this scoping review examines the associated risk and protective factors to mitigate VAW during and after shocks.

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Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence: A Mixed-Methods Study of Practitioners in Pacific Island Countries

This article argues that social and cultural contexts are key in understanding technology-facilitated gender-based violence, and developing prevention, response, and support measures.

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Violence, vulnerability and protection on the move: interrogating the intersection of scholarship and practice on displacement

In a time marked by sharpening displacement pressures, severe funding restrictions, and the erosion of humanitarian norms, reimagining collective visions to protect people from extreme vulnerability is urgent and necessary.