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Who benefits? Shining a Light on the Business of Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse

CEDV, child sexual abuse, FVSV
2025

This report reveals the financial networks enabling child sexual exploitation and abuse. It calls for prevention-focused reforms, stronger regulation and accountability for tech companies, and enhanced law-enforcement efforts to dismantle these networks.

A literature review of therapeutic intervention with young survivors of violence, exploitation, abuse and neglect

CEDV, child maltreatment, FVSV, lived experience
2025

This article reviews therapeutic interventions for children and young people who have experienced violence, exploitation, abuse or neglect. While many approaches exist, most evaluation remains adult centred and focused on standardised measures rather than children’s lived experiences. The review calls for a shift toward recognising young survivors as full participants in their own healing, with their identities, perspectives and voices treated as central to therapeutic work.

Rodney Vlais Resources for responding to adult users of DFSV

accountability, FVSV
2026

Compilation written by Rodney Vlais during 2025. These resources are freely available to download and share with practitioners and responders to men and other adults who cause harm.

Risky alcohol use and violence against women

alcohol and other drugs, FVSV
2025

Research by UNSW, based on HILDA survey data, aims to determine whether there is a relationship between the quantity of alcohol consumed by a woman when drinking alcohol and the risk of physical violence, and whether experiencing physical violence increases the quantity of alcohol consumed by a woman.

Childhood experiences of domestic violence and its association with mental disorders and health risk behaviours

child maltreatment, domestic and family violence, family violence, FVSV, mental health, trauma-informed practice
2025

This article examines how different forms of childhood exposure to domestic violence—such as physical harm, threats, property damage, and coercive control—are linked to mental disorders and health risk behaviours in adulthood. Using data from the Australian Child Maltreatment Study, the research found strong associations between coercive control and PTSD, anxiety, and between property damage and severe alcohol use disorder. The findings highlight the urgent need for trauma-informed interventions and stronger protections for children.

Technology Facilitated Abuse Fact Sheet

FVSV, LGBTQIA+, Technology-facilitated abuse (TFA)
2025

The Say It Out Loud team at ACON and Inner City Legal Centre have collaborated to create a new resource that explains Technology Facilitated Abuse.

How to Respond if Someone Tells You About an Experience of Violence

domestic and family violence, FVSV
2025

MCWH's staff share how to respond in a safe, supportive and respectful way. It’s for anyone who works with communities, whether in a community organisation, school, or workplace, and who might hear disclosures of family violence.

The role that all men can play in preventing violence against women

FVSV
2025

Presents a range of evidence-informed approaches and examples of programs that address masculinities and work with men and boys in the primary prevention of men's violence against women.

The links between childhood sexual abuse victimisation and adolescent offending

CEDV, child sexual abuse, FVSV, sexual violence, youth justice
2025

This study examines the links between child sexual abuse victimisation experiences and sexual offending. Findings highlight the need for early intervention to prevent the emergence of sexual harm.

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