We are delighted to announce that Diarmaid Harkin, Mary Iliadis and Matthew Clarke from SHSS/ADI and Karen Bentley from WESNET have secured $420,863 from the Cyber Affairs and Critical Technology Branch of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade for the project titled “Understanding Technology-Facilitated Domestic Violence in the Pacific and Building Support Services for Victim-Survivors”.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

This project will build understandings of the prevalence, nature, and impacts of technology-facilitated domestic violence in Fiji, Tonga and Vanuatu. It will achieve this by redeploying the National Survey of Technology Abuse and Domestic Violence in Australia (WESNET) into a Pacific context. The survey analysis will inform direct engagement with domestic violence support workers, local law enforcement, and policy makers to provide training and knowledge-sharing around the technological aspects of domestic violence. The aim is to optimise long-term support services for victim-survivors by addressing front-line responses, national policy frameworks, law enforcement strategy, and the necessary engagement with tech companies.