Our research team is deeply honoured to have been awarded the Research Award by the Australasian Council of Women in Policing ACWAP for our Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Project on “Improving Police Responses to Sexual and Domestic Violence in #Fiji #Pacific We also thank ANZ SEBP – Australia and New Zealand Society of Evidence …
I’m delighted to report that Helen Singh, the Master’s student recruited to our Australian Research Grant, has passed her thesis examination. She did so in tough personal circumstances. Helen grew up in Fiji among extended family after losing both parents and a sister as a child. While undertaking her thesis research, her partner and father …
Kerry Carrington, Melissa Jardine, Helen Singh and Carla Chan Unger School of Law and Society, University of the Sunshine Coast Gender-based violence (GBV) is a significant issue in Pacific Island communities, where women report lifetime prevalence rates of violence ranging from 60 to 80 per cent (UNICEF, 2017). The Pacific Island of Fiji, which is …
Exiting research scholarship to conduct research on how to improve the policing of gender violence in Pacific Island Communities.
