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Navigating the Manosphere – When Gender Ideologies Enter the Classroom

adolescent violence, FVSV
2025

A growing number of female teachers are noticing a troubling shift in classroom behavior — a rise in disrespect from male students. Dr Stephanie Wescott and teacher Simone Nguyen join the conversation to explore what’s behind this cultural shift and how educators can respond.

Alcohol and Other Drugs: Young People’s Perspectives

alcohol and other drugs
2025

An ARACY project exploring young peoples' experiences with alcohol and other drugs (AoD), uncovering insights that challenge national narratives about declining alcohol use.

Young People’s Accounts of their Violence and Abuse Towards Parents: Causes, Contexts, and Motivations

adolescent violence
2025

Findings highlight the need for sustained specialist and therapeutic support to improve the emotional wellbeing of mothers and children and address their past/shared experiences of trauma; support young people’s emotion regulation capacities; improve parent–child communication; and reduce intra/extra-familial stressors. The systemic and ecological model has potential to inform practice assessments and intervention approaches through focusing holistically on young people’s contextualized understandings of violence.

Understanding child sexual exploitation: Policy and practice implications

CEDV, child sexual abuse, FVSV, policy
2025

This session examined current research on child sexual exploitation and its implications for policy and practice. It outlined strategies for prevention and support, with an emphasis on strengthening system responses to the complex needs of survivors.

Family violence and sexual assault: Moving towards strengthened understanding of cross-sector data and risk management

FVSV, sexual violence
2025

Report by Safe and Equal and SASVic.

Examining Aspects of FVIOs for Children and Young Adults

adolescent violence, CEDV, domestic and family violence, FVSV
2025

The Victorian Law Reform Commission has initiated a community law reform project examining aspects of family violence intervention orders for children and young adults affected by family violence (other than as a respondent). This Issues Paper reflects Stage 1 of the project – Protection for children who turn 18 while on a Family Violence Intervention Order.

Young People’s Experiences of Out-of-Home Care as Conveyed by Video Vlogs

client voice, lived experience, out-of-home care (OOHC)
2025

This article examines the experiences of young people in out-of-home care through video vlogs published on YouTube.

Co-occurrence of domestic and family violence and child sexual abuse

child sexual abuse, FVSV
2025

The fact sheet examines the overlap of domestic and family violence (DFV) and child sexual abuse (CSA). Rates of co-occurrence vary widely. The review identifies challenges, such as inconsistent definitions and reliance on nonrepresentative samples, highlighting the need for more detailed studies to identify perpetrators and improve targeted policies and services.

Barriers and Facilitators for Sexual Trauma Disclosure in Boys and Men

child sexual abuse, FVSV
2025

This systematic review consolidates evidence surrounding barriers, facilitators, and predictors of disclosure likelihood and timing in boys and men following sexual trauma (i.e., sexual abuse, assaults, and coercion).

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