ANROWS research project RP.14.11 - Advocacy for safety and empowerment: Good practice and innovative approaches with Aboriginal women experiencing family and domestic violence in remote and regional Australia

This summary has come from a national research project with three independent women's specialist services on the work they do with and for Aboriginal women experiencing domestic and family violence (DFV). A range of methods were employed in the project, including literature reviews, surveys, interviews, and focus groups.

The focus of the resource paper is on the research activities undertaken by the partner services. The services wanted to find out and to develop effective measures to assess whether their crisis intervention and support was meeting the needs and producing outcomes for their clients and, in particular, for Aboriginal women. The purpose of this paper is to briefly describe the research process and to document the lessons learned from the activities. For further detail on the partner research activities and for more information about the project as a whole, please consult the final research report: Putt, Holder, & O'Leary (2017).