Domestic violence in pregnancy not only causes distress and trauma for the mother, it also poses serious risks for the baby’s health and development.
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Globally, one third of women suffer violence at the hands of someone they love. And for those who survive domestic abuse, traumatic head injury can be the devastating outcome.
Are claims that intimate partner violence is the leading cause of death for Australian women aged 18-44 substantiated?
Women everywhere have low status relative to men. This is a global phenomenon and there are no exceptions, and there is much work to be done in Canada and everywhere. The time is now.
New laws are often seen as an answer in tackling intimate partner violence, but our research shows it is not always the best response.
The famous feuding Gallagher brothers of the rock band Oasis illustrate what research shows: Kids who grow up in homes where there is domestic violence often grow up to have troubled relationships.
In the last few years, significant resources have been devoted to changing attitudes towards domestic violence – so why aren’t the numbers going down?
Women have further abortions are not treating it “like contraception” but have good reasons that are often beyond their control
Shocking new findings show that even in conflict-affected countries where soldiers and rebel fighters are a daily danger to women, their husbands and boyfriends are the bigger threat.
Concern for their pets’ safety can lead women to delay leaving their abusers. Better on-site pet services in women’s shelters would enable them to seek help without fear for their animals’ well-being.
High profile stories of femicide come with a flare up of societal outrage, protest and collective introspection. But nothing ever really changes.
Depression may lead pregnant women to engage in suicidal behaviour. But the socioeconomic contexts pregnant women are in may also contribute to their suicide risk.
A new study has revealed heavy episodic drinking doubles the risk of family and domestic violence.
Has the Coalition government cut $35 million from frontline legal services for victims of domestic and family violence?
A study being launched today by Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety confirms the serious impacts of intimate partner violence.
Threats to humiliate an intimate partner by sharing explicit photos or video is an old problem with a new digital twist, a new study finds.
For pregnant HIV-positive women taking anti-retrovirals is critical for their babies’ health. Intimate partner violence affects adherence, and must be addressed as part of women’s HIV treatment.
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) people experience family and sexual violence at rates similar to, or higher than, heterosexual women.
Not only are women in regional and rural areas more likely to experience partner violence than their city counterparts, it’s more difficult to leave and re-establish a new life.
Victoria’s Royal Commission into Family Violence will today hear how the health system can better respond to partner abuse, with the help of trained professionals and broader, government support.
Top contributors
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Professor (Practice), Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University, Monash University
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Managing Director, Her Story Consulting & Postdoctoral fellow, Australian National University
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Eleanor Rathbone Chair of Sociology, University of Liverpool
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Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne
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Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Professor of Family Violence Prevention, Royal Women's Hospital and the Department of General Practice, The University of Melbourne
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Principal Research Fellow, Griffith University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Tasmania
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Professor, Family and Sexual Violence, RMIT University
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Research Technician at RESOLVE (Research and Education for Solutions to Violence and Abuse), University of Manitoba
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Associate professor, The University of Melbourne, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology, University of Windsor
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Associate Professor of Public Health, University of Michigan
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Senior lecturer, University of Exeter
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Professor of Social Work; Leneen Forde Chair in Child & Family Research, Griffith University
