Disrupting Violence Beacon

This project is investigating and comparing the trajectories of disclosure of two groups of victim/survivors of child sexual abuse (CSA) – people over and under 30 years of age with a disclosure experience between 2013 and 2022. These groups differentiate adults that disclosed abuse during or after the Australian Royal… Read More

The Griffith University Disrupting Violence Beacon is partnering with DVConnect to design and evaluate a pilot program for Queensland men who use violence in relationships. START is a short-term, phone-based program that supports men to build the foundations to stop using violence. Three pathways assist START to achieve this aim. Read More

This project addresses an international and national gap in research focusing on adolescent family violence (AFV) in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) communities in Australia. AFV is an under-researched topic, with increasing recognition of its relationship with adult perpetrated domestic and family violence and ongoing trauma. The emerging body of… Read More

This project is based on an in-depth longitudinal study of 3,894 children’s cases dealt with by customary justice systems in Lebanon, Jordan, the Palestinian Territories (West Bank, and the Gaza Strip), Afghanistan, Egypt, and Burkina Faso between 2013-2019. The report explores the complex ways in which customary or informal justice… Read More

24/7 Respect – Respect at Work. This project provides academic knowledge and metrics to support the development of 24/7 Respect, a Hastings Deering’s program tackling bullying, discrimination and harassment to promote better workplaces, comply with new psychological safety legislation and improve employee retention. This project aims to encompass an approach… Read More

Climate change exacerbates rates and impacts of violence, especially for marginalised populations. Climate violence is an emerging concept that has been used to describe the interaction of these two global crises, yet there is no unifying definition of this term available in academic literature to date. The aim of this… Read More

The ‘Whole of community approach to addressing domestic violence’ was a community-led initiative to eliminate gender-based violence through education, intervention, and support. The project adopted a partnership approach between community, local government, and Griffith University’s Disrupting Violence Beacon. The project was piloted in the Division 9 region of the Gold… Read More

This project aims to scope Indonesian policy and business responses to forced labour and the impacts on vulnerable women and children, especially those exposed to natural disasters, exacerbated by climate change. The project took a particular focus on the risks of rising sea levels to coastal villages, the risk of… Read More