CEVAW Conversations Podcasts

From the Ground Up: Community-led Approaches to Violence Prevention

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's city-wide Respect Ballarat saturation initiative.

Pillar 2 - Contexts Migration and Trafficking Prevention of VAW Humanitarian Protection Refugee
Hidden Tactics of Domestic Violence: Substance Use Coercion

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.

Pillar 3 - Responses Frontline Practice Responses Family Violence Domestic violence Child Protection Substance use coercion Alcohol and other drugs
Dismantling Patriarchy in the Pews: A 20-Year Study on Faith and Violence

Research on responding to disclosures of violence and abuse in faith-based settings

Pillar 2 - Contexts Community Effects of VAW Religion Domestic violence Gender equality Child Abuse
When the waters rise - How climate change fuels violence against women

Climate disasters are driving alarming increases in gender-based violence worldwide.

Pillar 2 - Contexts Shocks and GBV Climate
Does criminalisation prevent violence against women?

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.

Pillar 3 - Responses Pillar 4 - Indigenous Legal Responses Future Lives and VAW Justice System Prevention of VAW Criminalisation
Introduction to CEVAW Conversations

Evidence, ideas and experts working to end violence against women – across systems, contexts and communities.

Pillar 1 - Causes/Costs Pillar 2 - Contexts Pillar 3 - Responses Pillar 4 - Indigenous