Research

Eliminating Violence Against Women: A Handbook for the Indo-Pacific Region

Violence against women (VAW) is one of the most pervasive human rights violations of our time.

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.

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).

Assessing the Impact of Women, Peace and Security Initiatives in Cambodia and Lao PDR: A Baseline Study

In Southeast Asia and within the Greater Mekong insecurity results from both conflict and nontraditional sources, including land dispossession, migration, trafficking, gender-based violence (GBV), drug economies, and climate-related disasters.

Women's Safety in Compounding Disasters in the Philippines: Roundtable findings

This technical report documents the proceedings of the Women’s Safety in Compounding Disasters Roundtable held on 21 April 2026 at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Cebu City.

Submission to the Australian Government's consultation on the Second Action Plan (2027– 2032) under the National Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children 2022–2032

The ARC Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (CEVAW) welcomes the opportunity to respond to the Australian Government's consultation on the Second Action Plan (2027–2032).

Subnational Women’s Safety Index for India

This dataset accompanies “A Subnational Women’s Safety Index for India: Evidence from DHS Clusters”

Conflict-related Sexual and Gender-Based Violence GPT-4o Codebook

The codebook explains the terms and methodological criteria used to train Generative AI tools to identify and analyse conflict-related SGBV media reports.

Women's Safety Index

Knowing and Doing: 50 Years of Change in the DFV Sector

Fifty years ago, the first women's refuge opened in Sydney. Today, Australia has national plans, specialist police units, landmark legislation, and a sector of hundreds of organisations. So what has actually changed – and what hasn't?

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 on Respect Ballarat, a nation-leading community model to prevent gendered violence.

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

HDR Showcase 3 Minute Thesis - Asaf Lone

Asaf Lone investigates how families of disappeared persons in Kashmir and Punjab pursue justice amid state denial and delay.

HDR Showcase 3 Minute Thesis - Wilasinie Sopapol

Wilasinie Sopapol investigates women’s experiences of violence and insecurity in the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone in Laos, revealing how women navigate and resist harm.

HDR Showcase 3 Minute Thesis - Anggia Valerisha

Anggia Valerisha investigates violence against women parliamentarians in Indonesia, examining how political violence targets women to silence their voices and undermine gender-inclusive democracy.