The Domestic Violence Action Centre (DVAC) provides specialised, trauma-informed support to survivors of domestic, family, and sexual violence in South-East Queensland. The aim of this exploratory study was to understand survivors’ experiences engaging with DVAC’s services, the most useful aspects of DVAC support, and the major challenges that survivors face on their journeys to safety...

While spiritual and religious abuse is a lesser known type of violence in the context of intimate partner violence (IPV), it is associated with negative emotional, psychological and trauma-related impacts. This paper provides an overview of the evidence on spiritual and religious abuse in the context of IPV and its impact on victim-survivors.

The Men Sustaining Change (MSC) program is a voluntary program that provides men with an opportunity to continue their change journey with other men who are similarly seeking to embed new ways of thinking and acting. The results of this evaluation of a two-year pilot shows that the program is achieving its stated aims to...

This policy and practice paper describes findings from a rapid review of literature about how common coercive control victimisation is and identifies some risk factors and impacts of coercive control victimisation.

Despite well-established evidence of the increased risk of intimate partner violence (IPV) during the first two years of the pandemic, to date there has been no global research examining how victim-survivors’ experiences of long COVID uniquely impact their safety and support needs. This report seeks to put the interpersonal safety and support needs of individuals...