This research project aims to explore how women’s voices are listened and responded to in institutional law and policy reform processes addressing violence against women. It also aims to develop best-practice guidelines on listening to women in law reform and policy development processes addressing violence against women.
We are interested in hearing about people’s experiences in participating in law reform processes that focus on addressing gender-based violence. Gender-based violence includes domestic and family violence, coercive control, sexual violence and sexual harassment.
We want to learn about what motivated you to participate in that law reform process, how you experienced that participation, and whether you felt listened to or heard.
Survey
This survey is open to people with lived experience of gender-based violence, and their family and friends, who have participated in a law reform process that seeks to address that harm.
If you would like to participate in the survey, please refer to the Participant Information Statement.
Source: How are women’s voices heard in law reform? – University of Wollongong – UOW
The researchers need to read Even in the Best of Homes – Violence in the Family, 1983 (Penguin Australia), 1990 (with update chapter)(McCulloch Publishiing) as this book is based on 312 respondents to a survey which had an extremely high-level take up. The book explores (a) types of violence/criminal assault at home experienced/suffered, and (b) response of agencies, etc (includes family responses, religious institutions …) when asked for help/support/recognition of reality of the breaches of safety and the abuse. I suggest this not to promote my own work, but because of (a) the take up level (which means that the results are insightful and valuable as not minor numbers; and (b) it is important, whatever the field of study, to be aware of past research – this is so particularly in this field. I should add that when doing a research paper back in the late 1970s/early 1980s on this topic I looked at all motions, resolutions, etc etc coming from conferences/seminars etc on this topic – of all such events I could locate within Australia at the time, to find that repetition was the major characteristic …