The Australia's National Research Organisation for Women's Safety
(ANROWS) is calling for grant
applications from researchers across Australia for research to be commissioned
under its 2020–2022 ANROWS Core Grant Research Program.
The program will produce evidence to support policy and practice
design responding to the needs of children and young people, with a focus on
children and young people within marginalised populations.
Focus Areas
Grant applications should focus on effective
prevention and response strategies that identify and address at least one of
the following:
- the impacts on children and
young people of exposure to violence against women
- harmful sexual behaviours of
children and young people
- violence against women
perpetrated by children and young people
ANROWS Research Priorities
- Children and young people:
- The impact of domestic and
family violence (DFV) on children and young people is increasingly
recognised as an issue of great concern. The 2016 Personal Safety Survey
(PSS) found that nearly 2.1 million women and men had witnessed violence
towards their mother by a partner before they had reached the age of 15
(i.e. 10% of men and 13% of women). This grants round sits within the
context of significant existing and emerging national policy initiatives
related to the safety and wellbeing of children and young people.
- Exposure of children and young
people to domestic, family and sexual violence compromises achievement of
many of these targets. The relevant targets include:
- increases in the proportion
of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander babies with a healthy birth
weight, children enrolled in Year Before Full-time Schooling, children
assessed as developmentally on track in all five domains of the
Australian Early Development Census, and young people attaining Year 12
or equivalent qualification
- reductions in Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander adults held in incarceration, young people (10–17
years) in detention, children in out-of-home care, women and children
subjected to violence and abuse, and suicide of Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander people.
Funding Information
A total grants pool of $1.157 million is
available.
Examples of Study Aims
- In relation to children and
young people exposed to DFV, studies may aim to advance the evidence base
in relation to:
- the prevalence and experience
of children’s and young people’s exposure to DFV in marginalised
populations
- the short- and long-term
physical, emotional and psychological impacts of DFV on children and
young people
- protective factors to support
prevention and harm minimisation, in relation to both perpetration of and
exposure to violence
- the support and service needs
of children and young people who are exposed to DFV, with consideration
given to the service needs of children of different ages
- the effectiveness and
appropriateness of service responses for children and young people
exposed to DFV
- the experiences and service
needs of children and young people exposed to DFV in out-of-home care and
the juvenile justice system
- how service systems can best
work together to identify, prevent and mitigate the adverse effects of
childhood exposure to DFV
- what works to prevent or
minimise the intergenerational transmission of violence.
- In relation to harmful sexual
behaviours or violence against women by children and young people, studies
may aim to advance the evidence base in relation to:
- the prevalence and nature of
adolescent family violence
- the drivers and situational
factors that contribute to adolescent family violence
- the prevalence and nature of
adolescent intimate partner violence (IPV)
- the drivers of harmful sexual
behaviours among young people, with consideration given to the roles of
alcohol and other drugs, mental health problems and disability
- the prevalence and nature of
harmful sexual behaviours, including sibling sexual harm, with a focus on
the experience of marginalised groups
- the relationship between
adolescent violence and perpetration and victimisation in adulthood
- what works in responding to
young people who perpetrate family violence and supporting their
victims/survivors
- what works in responding to
young people who perpetrate IPV and supporting their victims/survivors
- what works in responding to
young people who exhibit harmful sexual behaviours and supporting their
victims/survivors.
Priority Populations
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander communities
- culturally and linguistically
diverse communities
- LGBTIQ+ communities
- rural and remote communities
- people with disability
- people with mental health
and/or alcohol and other drug issues.
- Funded studies will adopt an
intersectional approach and be grounded in the context, needs and voices
of marginalised populations who experience intersecting forms of
inequality and disadvantage.
Methodological Considerations:
- Successful projects will use
methodologies that are most likely to result in an evidence base
sufficiently robust to guide policy and practice design decisions. While a
wide range of study approaches and methods will be considered, the
following methods will be considered favourably:
- mixed method studies (e.g. to
allow for data triangulation or adopt a sequential design)
- large-scale quantitative
studies to provide national data
- analyses of existing data
including administrative datasets or secondary analyses of previously
collected data
- effectiveness evaluations,
including realist evaluations
- process evaluations that assess
the barriers and enablers of the implementation of evidence-based
responses/prevention efforts
- economic evaluations
Post Date - 21-Oct-2020