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Building digital resilience: Girls and young women demand a safer future

FVSV, online safety
2024

This report from Plan International and CNN As Equals highlights the harm young women and girls face online, how they protect themselves, and the role that technology companies, government, and local communities play in keeping them safe. The report gathered responses from young women and girls (13-24 years old) through surveys and focus groups about their experiences, with 75 percent indicating that they had harmful online experiences.

The cost of domestic violence to women’s employment and education

economic wellbeing, FVSV
2025

This report examines how domestic violence affects women’s financial and professional lives, showing that perpetrators often disrupt their employment and education, causing long-term economic insecurity.

In a mother’s mind: birth mothers’ experiences of domestic abuse

domestic and family violence, FVSV, lived experience
2025

Featuring women with lived experience highlights how to break the intergenerational cycle of domestic abuse - a leading cause of child removal.

Child, family, and case characteristics’ impact on Swedish child welfare services’ placement decisions for children exposed to physical abuse by a parent

economic wellbeing, FVSV, out-of-home care (OOHC)
2025

A study of 150 Swedish child welfare investigations found that children who experienced more severe physical abuse and those aged 13–17 were significantly more likely to be placed in out-of-home care. These results underscore the need for further research into age-based disparities in child welfare interventions.

The role of men’s behaviour change programs in addressing men’s use of domestic, family and sexual violence

accountability, domestic and family violence, FVSV, sexual violence
2025

This evidence brief provides a summary of the literature on men’s behaviour change programs (MBCPs) and contributes to building a shared understanding of their role in addressing domestic, family and sexual violence in Australia.

Support when children are sexually abused at school

CEDV, child sexual abuse, education, FVSV

A review of a Victorian primary school’s handling of child sexual abuse allegations found policy breaches, inadequate victim support, and poor communication. The review highlights the need for stronger policies, training, and accountability to better protect children in schools.

One talk at a time

child sexual abuse, FVSV
2024

The National Office for Child Safety engaged Byll & Beth from Teeny Tiny Stevies to create a song for the One Talk at a Time campaign, encouraging adults to have proactive discussions with children about safety, boundaries, and speaking up. To further support practitioners and parents, this resource has been developed into a free sing-along ebook, designed to facilitate ongoing conversations that help keep children safe.

Can men be victims of coercive control? Making sense of men’s experiences of coercive control

coercive control, FVSV
2024

This research brief explores men’s reported experiences of coercive control, documents what the impact of those experiences might be, and offers one way of making sense of them.

Beyond Technology-Facilitated Abuse: Domestic and Family Violence and Temporary Migration

FVSV, Technology-facilitated abuse (TFA)
2024

This paper explores the importance of moving beyond a narrow examination of technology-facilitated abuse (TFA) and domestic and family violence (DFV).

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