CEVAW Conversations

Fifty years after the first women's refuge opened in Sydney, the Australian domestic and family violence sector looks very different – but the gap between what we know works to prevent violence and what is actually funded, implemented and reaching the people who need it most remains stubbornly wide. In this episode of CEVAW Conversations, host Siân Human speaks with Delia Donovan (CEO, Domesti...

About this episode Early exposure causes lasting harm. It's a finding that runs through a growing body of violence prevention research – and in this episode, we bring together three researchers who are mapping exactly how that works, and why our responses haven't kept pace.   Phil Doan Pham is a PhD candidate at CEVAW whose research uses historical data from the Vietnam War to trace a stri...

Who leads violence prevention work, and how?‘Community-led’ has become a buzzword, but what does it actually mean in practice? In this episode, we explore three distinct models of community-driven prevention work, each operating at a different scale but sharing core principles. Dixie Link-Gordon brings 38 years of experience working in the Redfern Aboriginal community, where prevention happens in...

In this episode we sit down with researchers and practitioners to explore the complex intersection of substance use, coercion, and family violence. Monique Yeoman from Kids First Australia and Emma Shaw from Odyssey Victoria join us alongside academics Professor Cathy Humphreys and Van Callaly from the University of Melbourne and CEVAW to unpack how alcohol and other drugs can be weaponised as too...

Content note: This episode discusses domestic violence, sexual assault, and child abuse. What does it take for an institution to honestly examine how it responds to gender-based violence? In this episode, we explore groundbreaking research commissioned by the Anglican Diocese of Adelaide – a rare longitudinal study comparing clergy and church workers' responses to disclosures of abuse across 20 ye...

Summary Climate change isn't just an environmental crisis – it'sa women's rights crisis. From Australia's devastating floods to Pacific Island relocations, climate disasters are driving alarming increases in gender-based violence worldwide. In this eye-opening episode, three leading experts explore the intersection of climate change and violence against women. CEVAW researcher Cele...

In this episode of CEVAW Conversations , we explore a complex and timely question: does criminalising violence against women actually make women safer? 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. We discuss the symbolic power of the...

CEVAW Conversations  brings you inside the research working to eliminate violence against women. Hosted by the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (CEVAW), this podcast translates cutting-edge research into accessible conversations with experts from across Australia and the Indo-Pacific region. Each episode explores the complex factors that contribute to violence...