Grant Award View - GA59908

Brazil is recognised as a leader in family violence prevention, particularly policies and laws addressing femicide (the gendered killing of women, most commonly intimate partner homicide). Family violence is receiving unprecedented funding and policy attention in Australia. Victoria’s Royal Commission into Family Violence led to a program of transformative change designed to end gendered and family violence.

This project will bring Brazilian government, non-government, academic and justice-sector professionals to Australia to establish a research network focused on public policy innovation to prevent family and gender-based violence in Brazil and Australia.  Subsequently, the research network will promote deeper understandings of domestic violence research, policy and practice in both countries.