Key and recent overviews
Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety. (2021). Best practice for working with culturally and linguistically diverse communities in addressing violence against women (ANROWS Insights, 03/2021). ANROWS.
Blagg, Harry, Nicole Bluett-Boyd, and Emma Williams. (2015). Innovative models in addressing violence against Indigenous women: State of knowledge paper. Sydney: ANROWS.
Cardenas, I. (2020). Advancing intersectionality approaches in intimate partner violence research: a social justice approach. Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work, 1-11. doi:10.1080/15313204.2020.1855494
Chen, J. (2017). Intersectionality matters: A guide to engaging immigrant and refugee communities to prevent violence against women. Melbourne, VIC: Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health. URL: https://www.mcwh.com.au/wp-content/uploads/Intersectionality-Matters-Guide-2017.pdf
Closing the Gap Clearinghouse (AIHW & AIFS) (2016). Family violence prevention programs in Indigenous communities. Resource sheet no. 37. Produced by the Closing the Gap Clearinghouse. Canberra: AIHW & Melbourne: AIFS.
Cuevas, C. A., & Cudmore, R. M. (2017). Intimate Partner Violence Prevention among Underserved and Understudied Groups: The Roles of Culture and Context. In C. M. Renzetti, D. R. Follingstad, & A. L. Coker (Eds.), Preventing Intimate Partner Violence (pp. 15-38): Policy Press.
Gill, A. K. (2012) Intersecting inequalities: Implications for Addressing Violence Against Black and Minority Ethnic Women in the United Kingdom. In McMillan, L., & Lombard, N. (Eds.). Violence against women: Current theory and practice in domestic abuse, sexual violence, and exploitation.
Mitchell-Clark, K., and A. Autry. (2004). Preventing family violence: Lessons from the community engagement initiative. San Francisco: Family Violence Prevention Fund.
Morgan, G., Butler, C., French, R., & et al. (2023). Healing our children and young people: a framework to address the impacts of domestic and family violence. Australia's National Research Organisation for Women's Safety. https://apo.org.au/node/321644
Olsen, A., & Lovett, R. (2016). Existing knowledge, practice and responses to violence against women in Australian Indigenous communities: State of knowledge paper. ANROWS Landscapes, 02/2016.
Poljski, C. (2011). On her way: Primary prevention of violence against immigrant and refugee women in Australia. Retrieved from: http://www.mcwh.com.au/downloads/publications/On_Her_Way_2011.pdf
Tayton, S., Kaspiew, R., Moore, S., and Campo, M. (2014). Groups and communities at risk of domestic violence and family violence: a review and evaluation of domestic and family prevention and early intervention services focusing on at-risk groups and communities. Melbourne: Australian Institute of Family Studies.
Whitaker, Daniel J., and LeRoy Reese. (eds). (2007). Preventing intimate partner violence and sexual violence in racial/ethnic minority communities: CDC’s demonstration projects. Atlanta, Ga.: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Further works
Australian Muslim Women’s Centre for Human Rights (AMWCHR) (2011). Muslim women, Islam and family violence: a guide for changing the way we work with Muslim women experiencing family violence. Melbourne: AMWCHR.
Australian Muslim Women’s Centre for Human Rights (AMWCHR) (2013). Working with Muslim women on the effects of family violence and child sexual abuse on children. Melbourne: AMWCHR.
Bartels, L. (2011). Crime prevention programs for culturally and linguistically diverse communities in Australia. Research in Practice Report, no. 18, Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra.
Bluett-Boyd, N. (2005). In search of justice in family violence: Exploring alternative responses in the Victorian Indigenous Australian community. Melbourne: Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service Pty Ltd.
Burman, E., Smailes, S.L., & Chantler, K. (2004). ‘Culture’ as a barrier to service provision and delivery: Domestic violence services for minoritized women. London: Sage.
Cox, D., M. Young, and A. Bairnsfather-Scott. (2009). No justice without healing: Australian Aboriginal people and family violence. Australian Feminist Law Journal, Vol 30, 151-161.
Cripps K. (2010). Indigenous family violence: pathways forward. Chapter 11 in Purdie N, Dudgeon P & Walker R (eds). Working together: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health and wellbeing principles and practice. Canberra: Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing.
Cripps, K. (2007). Indigenous Family Violence: From Emergency Measures to Committed Long Term Action, Australian Indigenous Law Review, 11(2), 7-18.
Cripps, K., and M. Adams. (2014). Indigenous family violence: Chapter 23 in: Dudgeon P, Milroy H & Walker R (eds). Working together: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health and wellbeing principles and practice 2nd edn. Perth: Telethon Institute for Child Health Research & Canberra: Australian Government Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Viewed 16 September 2016, <http://aboriginal.telethonkids.org.au/kulunga-research-network/working-…>.
Cripps, K., and M. Davis. (2012). Communities working to reduce Indigenous family violence. Research Brief no. 12. Sydney: Indigenous Justice Clearinghouse.
Dabby C. (2017). A to Z Advocacy Model: Asians and Pacific Islanders Build an Inventory of Evidence-Informed Practices. Oakland CA: Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence.
Department of Human Services (Victoria). (2012). Indigenous Family Violence Primary Prevention Framework. Melbourne: Government of Victoria.
Department of Social Services. (2015). A platform for action: Report from the national roundtable on responding to violence against culturally and linguistically diverse women and their children. Canberra: DSS.
DHS (Victorian Department of Human Services). (2012). Indigenous Family Violence Primary Prevention Framework. Melbourne: DHS, Victorian Government.
El-Matrah, J., A. Bedar, and N. Lotia (2011). Women, Islam and Family Violence: A Guide for Changing the Way we Work with Muslim Women Experiencing Family Violence. Northcote: AMWCHR.
Ethnic Communities’ Council of Victoria (2013). Women Surviving Violence: Cultural competence in critical services. ECCCV Policy Research Paper.
Flood, M. (2013). Engaging Men from Diverse Backgrounds in Preventing Men’s Violence Against Women. Stand Up! National Conference on Eliminating All Forms of Violence Against CaLD Women, April 29-30, Canberra. URL: https://xyonline.net/content/engaging-men-diverse-backgrounds-preventing-mens-violence-against-women
Flory, Rani. (2012). Whittlesea CALD Communities Family Violence Project: Scoping Exercise Report. Melbourne: Whittlesea Community Futures & Whittlesea Community Connections. URL: http://www.whittleseacommunityconnections.org.au/cald-family-violence-project.html
Ghafournia, N. (2017). Muslim women and domestic violence: Developing a framework for social work practice. Journal of Religion & Spirituality in Social Work, 36(1-2), 146-163.
Gordon, S., Hallahan, K., and Henry, D. (2002) Putting the Picture Together, Inquiry into Response by Government Agencies to Complaints of Family Violence and Child Abuse in Aboriginal Communities. Perth: State Law Publisher.
Hovane, V. (2006-07). White Privilege and the Fiction of Colour Blindness: Implications for Best Practice Standards for Aboriginal Victims of Family Violence. Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse Newsletter, No. 27, pp. 8-12.
Hovane, V. (2015). Improving Outcomes Through a Shared Understanding of Family Violence in Aboriginal Communities: Towards an Aboriginal Theory of Family Violence. InPsych, 37(5). https://www.psychology.org.au/inpsych/2015/#s2
Hovane, V., and D. Cox. (2011). Closing the Gap on Family Violence: Driving Prevention and Intervention Through Health Policy. Sydney: Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse, Issues Paper 21.
Koleth, Maria, Nina Serova, and Barbara K. Trojanowska. (2020). Prevention of violence against women and safer pathways to services for migrant and refugee communities: Ten research insights from the Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Projects with Action Research (CALD PAR) initiative. Sydney: ANROWS.
Krayem, G., & Krayem, M. (2021). Muslim women’s agency in Australian domestic violence services. In Muslim women and agency (pp. 76–97). Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004473225_006
Larson, A., and A. Peterson. (2001). Rethinking responses to “domestic violence” in Australian Indigenous communities. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 121-34.
Memmott, Paul, Rachael Stacy, Catherine Chambers, and Catherine Keys. (2001). Violence in Indigenous Communities. Canberra: Crime Prevention Branch, Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department.
Murdolo, A., and R. Quiazon. (2016). Key issues in working with men from immigrant and refugee communities in preventing violence against women. North Sydney: White Ribbon Australia.
Murdolo, Adele, and Regina Quiazon. (2015). Bringing the Margins to the Centre, paper prepared for Our Watch. Available in Our Watch, Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety (ANROWS) and VicHealth (2015) Change the Story: A shared framework for the primary prevention of violence against women and their children in Australia, Our Watch, Melbourne, Australia.
New South Wales Aboriginal Child Sexual Assault Taskforce (2006) Breaking the Silence: Creating the Future. Addressing child sexual assault in Aboriginal communities in NSW. Sydney: New South Wales Government.
Rana, S., & Marin, L. (2012). Addressing domestic violence in immigrant communities: Critical issues for culturally competent services. National Resource Center on Domestic Violence.
Reeves, E., & Meyer, S. (2021). Marginalized Women, Domestic and Family Violence Reforms and Their Unintended Consequences. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. (2011). Strengthening What Works: Preventing IPV in Immigrant and Refugee Communities – Understanding The Challenges Of Preventing Intimate Partner Violence: An Analytical Bibliography. National Program Office, LTG Associates, Inc. Takoma Park, MD.
Robertson, B. (1999) The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women’s Taskforce on Violence Report. Brisbane: Queensland Government.
Simbandumwe, L., Bailey, K., Denetto, S., Migliardi, P., Bacon, B. and Nighswander, M. (2008) Family violence prevention programs in immigrant communities: perspectives of immigrant men. Journal of Community Psychology, 36 (7): 899-914.
Simon‐Kumar, R., Kurian, P. A., Young‐Silcock, F., & Narasimhan, N. (2017). Mobilising culture against domestic violence in migrant and ethnic communities: Practitioner perspectives from Aotearoa/New Zealand. Health & social care in the community, 25(4), 1387-1395.
Social Compass (2015) Our Men, Our Healing: Creating Hope, Respect and Reconnection. Evaluation Report.
Tayton, S., R. Kaspiew, S. Moore, and M. Campo. (2014). Groups and communities at risk of domestic violence and family violence: a review and evaluation of domestic and family prevention and early intervention services focusing on at-risk groups and communities. Australian Institute of Family Studies.
UN Population Fund (2004) Guide to Working from Within: 24 Tips for Culturally Sensitive Programming, New York: UN Population Fund, available at: http://www.unfpa.org/public/home/publications/pid/1410.
Vaughan, C., Davis, E., Murdolo, A., Chen, J., Murray, L., Block, K., Quiazon, R., & Warr, D. (2015). Promoting community-led responses to violence against immigrant and refugee women in metropolitan and regional Australia: The ASPIRE Project: State of knowledge paper. ANROWS Landscapes, 12/2015.
Venganai, Hellen. (2015). (Re)constructing positive cultures to protect girls and women against sexual violence, Agenda, 29:3, 145-154.
Watson, N. (2009). The New Protection: Indigenous Women and the Contemporary Australian State. In T Dreher and C Ho (eds.), Beyond the hijab debates: new conversations on gender, race and religion, (pp. 105-117). Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Watson, N. (2011). The Northern Territory Emergency Response: Has it Really Improved the Lives of Aboriginal Women and Children? Australian Feminist Law Journal, 35(1), 147-163.
Watson, N. (2011). The Northern Territory Emergency Response: The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same. Alberta Law Review, 48(4), 905-918.
Watson, N. (2015). From the Northern Territory Emergency Response to Stronger Futures: Where is the Evidence that Aboriginal Women are Leading Self-Determining Lives? In Rosie Scott, Anita Heiss (eds.), The Intervention: An anthology, (pp. 88-102). Australia: Concerned Australians. (Also: Watson, N. (2014). From the Northern Territory Emergency Response to Stronger Futures - Where is the Evidence that Australian Aboriginal Women are Leading Self-Determining Lives? In Suvendrini Perera, Sherene H. Razack (eds.), At the Limits of Justice: Women of Colour on Terror, (pp. 335-355). Canada: University of Toronto Press.)
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