Note:
- Vaughan et al’s piece below is a useful, recent overview.
- Also see the section of this bibliography on working with men in faith and religious settings.
- On religion and violence victimisation and perpetration, see here.
Amal Center for Women. (2017). A Dialogue Approach to Ending Violence Against Muslim Women in Montreal: A Resource Toolkit for the Imams of the Mosques of Montreal. Canada: Status of Women Canada, Government of Canada.
Anglican Church of Australia. (2024). Ten Commitments for Prevention and Response to Domestic and Family Violence in the Anglican Church of Australia.
Behnke, A. O., Ames, N., & Hancock, T. U. (2012). What Would They Do? Latino Church Leaders and Domestic Violence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 27(7), 1259-1275. doi: 10.1177/0886260511425246.
Bent-Goodley, T., Henderson, Z., Youmans, L., & St Vil, C. (2015). The Role of Men of Faith in Responding to Domestic Violence: Focus Group Themes. Social Work & Christianity, 42(3).
Bezzolato E, Deepan P, O’Sullivan V, Lele U, Le Roux L, Palm S. (2019). Evidence brief: Rethinking relationships - from violence to equality in the Democratic Republic of Congo. TearFund.
Borderlands Cooperative. (2008). Promoting Peace In Families Partnership Project: Evaluation Report, Phase One (Pilot) 2007-08. Melbourne.
Boyer, C., Levy Paluck, E., Annan, J., Nevatia, T., Cooper, J., Namubiru, J., . . . Lehrer, R. (2022). Religious leaders can motivate men to cede power and reduce intimate partner violence: Experimental evidence from Uganda. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119(31), e2200262119. doi:doi:10.1073/pnas.2200262119
Canadian Council of Muslim Women. (2017). Engaging men to end violence in the family. Gananoque, Ontario: Canadian Council of Muslim Women. (pp. 1-43 here, pp. 44-end here)
Cho, H. E., Papoutsis, L., & Smith, S. (2023). Faith-based communities and family violence in Victoria. Monash University. https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/online_resource/Faith-based_communi…
Choi, Y. J., & An, S. (2015). Interventions to Improve Responses of Helping Professionals to Intimate Partner Violence A Quick Scoping Review. Research on Social Work Practice, 1049731515579420.
City of Casey (n.d). Promoting Equality and Respect - An Interfaith Collaboration on Preventing Family Violence. Melbourne: City of Casey, Cardinia Shire Council, City of Greater Dandenong and Monash Health.
Dopke, Cynthia Okayama. (2002). Creating Partnerships to End Sexual Violence. FaithTrust Institute.
Eyber, C. and Palm, S. (2019). A mixed blessing: roles of faith communities in ending violence against children. Briefing Paper. Washington D C: Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities Ending Violence Against Children Hub.
Fadhilah, N., & Rohmaniyah, A. (2023). Problematic preventive efforts of sexual harassment through Islamic gender justice values-based education. Gender equality: international journal of child and gender studies, 9(2), 220-234.
Fowler, T. S., Ellis, S., Farmer, D. F., Hege, A., Anderson, R. T., & Jones, A. S. (2007). Lessons learned from a faith community-based domestic violence pilot program in Forsyth County, NC. Journal of Religion & Abuse, 8(3), 5-33.
Herstad, B. (2009). The role of religious communities in addressing gender-based violence and HIV. Futures Group, Health Policy Initiative, Task Order I: Washington DC. Accessed on 7 July 2011 fromhttp://www.healthpolicyinitiative.com/Publications/Documents/867_1_The_….
Holmes, Scott. (2012). Northern Interfaith Respectful Relationships: Project Report. Melbourne: VicHealth and City of Darebin.
Holmes, Scott. (2012). Promoting Equal and Respectful Relationships in Faith Communities: A Manual and Tool Kit. Melbourne: Darebin City Council & VicHealth.
InTouch. (2020). Empowering faith and community leaders to prevent violence against women. Lessons from the Empowering Communities Initiative. Melbourne: InTouch (Multicultural Centre Against Family Violence).
Istratii, R., & Ali, P. (2023). A Scoping Review on the Role of Religion in the Experience of IPV and Faith-Based Responses in Community and Counseling Settings. Journal of Psychology and Theology, 51(2), 141-173. doi:10.1177/00916471221143440
Istratii, R., Ali, P., & Feder, G. (2024a). Integration of religious beliefs and faith-based resources in domestic violence services to migrant and ethnic minority communities: A scoping review. Violence: An International Journal, 5(1), 94-122. https://doi.org/10.1177/26330024241246810
Istratii, R., & Kalkum, B. (2023). Leveraging the potential of religious teachings and grassroots religious teachers and clerics to combat intimate partner violence in international development contexts.
Jones, A. S., & Fowler, T. S. (2009). A faith community-domestic violence partnership. Social Work and Christianity, 36(4), 415.
Jones, A. S., Fowler, T. S., Farmer, D. F., Anderson, R. T., & Richmond, D. W. (2005). Description and evaluation of a faith community-based domestic violence pilot program in Forsyth County, NC. Journal of Religion and Abuse, 7(4): 55-87.
Khalaf-Elledge, N. (2021). Scoping Study: Looking Back to Look Forward. The Role of Religious Actors in Gender Equality since the Beijing Declaration. Washington DC; Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities (JLI).
Kroeger, C. C., & Nason-Clark, N. (2010). No place for abuse: Biblical & practical resources to counteract domestic violence. InterVarsity Press.
La Ferle, C., Muralidharan, S. (2019). Religion in Domestic Violence Prevention PSAs: The Role of Religiosity in Motivating Christian Bystanders to Intervene. Journal for the scientific study of religion, 58(4), 874-890. https://doi.org/10.1111/jssr.12624
Le Roux, E. (2015). A scoping study on the role of faith communities and organisations in prevention and response to sexual and gender-based violence: Implications for policy and practice. Unit for Religion and Development Research, Stellenbosch University: Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Le Roux, E., Corboz, J., Scott, N., Sandilands, M., Lele, U. B., Bezzolato, E., & Jewkes, R. (2020). Engaging with faith groups to prevent VAWG in conflict-affected communities: results from two community surveys in the DRC. BMC Int Health Hum Rights, 20(1), 1-20.
Magner, K., Desrosiers J.E., Blunt I., Hawken T. and Brick E. (2015). The role of faith based organisations in preventing and responding to sexual, intimate partner and gender-based violence in conflict settings: A modified critical interpretive synthesis. University of Otago, for the Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI).
MenEngage Alliance. (2006). Faith-based Approaches to Transforming Masculinities for Gender Justice & Equality: A Two-day Consultation 1-2 August 2016, Washington, DC Summary Report. Washington, DC: MenEngage.
Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health & Safe and Equal. (2024). Communicating for Connection: Values-based messaging for primary prevention in multicultural and faith-based communities. Melbourne.
Nason-Clark, Nancy. (1997). The Battered Wife: How Christians confront family violence. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press.
Nason-Clark, Nancy. (2000). Making the sacred safe: Woman abuse and communities of faith. Sociology of Religion, Vol. 61, Iss. 4, Winter.
Palm, S., Le Roux, E., & Bartelink, B.E. (2017). Case study with Christian Aid as part of the UK Government-funded ‘Working effectively with faith leaders to challenge harmful traditional practices’. Research report.
Piedalue, Amy and Robertson, Elena. (2018). Active Bystander Training for Faith Communities: An Evaluation of Think Prevent and FCCV’s Bystander Workshops. Funded through the Victorian Government’s Multicultural Affairs and Social Cohesion Division in the Department of Premier and Cabinet. https://www.aii.unimelb.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ThinkPreventFCCCV.pdf
Poljski, C. (2011). On Her Way: Primary prevention of violence against immigrant and refugee women in Australia. Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health (MCWH): Melbourne. (pp. 35-39).
Raines, John C. (2017). The Justice Men Owe Women: Positive Resources from World Religions. Sacred Energies Press.
Reddy, S. M. (2023). The Role of Hindu Mandirs in Addressing Intimate Partner Violence Among South Asian American Communities. Violence Against Women, 0(0), 10778012231207043. doi:10.1177/10778012231207043
Shehab, Manal, Sisters4Sisters, and WIRE. (2022). A Faith Leader’s Practice Guide and Toolkit- Preventing and Responding to Family Violence. WIRE. Melbourne.
Simonič, B. (2021). The power of women’s faith in coping with intimate partner violence: systematic literature review. Journal of religion and health, 60(6), 4278-4295.
Sonke Gender Justice. (2016). Faith, Gender & Sexuality: A Toolkit. http://spl.ids.ac.uk/sexuality-gender-faith/culture-tradition-and-faith-overview
Truong, M., Sharif, M., Pasalich, D., Olsen, A., Calabria, B., & Priest, N. (2020). Faith-based communities’ responses to family and domestic violence (CSRM Working Paper, No. 1/2020). ANU Centre for Social Research & Methods. URL: https://csrm.cass.anu.edu.au/research/publications/faith-based-communities-responses-family-and-domestic-violence
Tuito, I., Band-Winterstein, T., & Eisikovits, Z. (2023). Constructing Professional Intervention with IPV Across Generations in a Faith-Based Society: An Intersectional Perspective. Violence Against Women, 29(11), 2022-2038. doi:10.1177/10778012221134825
UNFPA. (2009). Guidelines for engaging faith-based organisations (FBOs) as agents of change. Available at: http://www.unfpa.org/culture/docs/fbo_engagement.pdf
Vaughan, C., Sullivan, C., Chen, J., Vaid Sandhu, M. (2020). What works to address violence against women and family violence within faith settings: An evidence guide. Melbourne: University of Melbourne.