Research Session: The role of spirituality, faith and/or religion in understanding, responding to, and healing from GBV
We welcome all CEVAW Network Members and partners (please note this is not a public event) who are engaged in research on the role of spirituality, faith and/or religion in understanding, responding to, and healing from gender-based violence (GBV). It will be a great opportunity to meet others who are interested in spirituality, faith and/or religion and GBV in Australia, the Pacific, and Asia. We especially welcome PhD students and early career researchers to attend (so if you are a CEVAW partner receiving this invite, please feel free to share with relevant colleagues).
CEVAW Chief Investigator Sarah Wendt and Research Fellow Josephine Clarke would like to pitch an edited book or special issue idea to members who are interested in contributing. Should you be interested you will be asking to share your interest to Sarah and Josephine.
We also welcome any of our CEVAW Membership who wants to attend just to say hello!
PANEL
Sarah Wendt is Professor of Social Work at the University of Melbourne, and Chief Investigator of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence against Women (CEVAW). She is the inaugural Director of the Social Worker Registration Board in South Australia. Her research focuses on domestic and family violence across diverse contexts such as rural environments, child protection organisations, and religious institutions, as well as strengthen the domestic and family violence workforce.
Josephine Clarke is a Research Fellow at the Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (CEVAW) at The University of Melbourne. Josephine is a sociologist, and in recent years her work has focused on domestic and family violence (DFV) issues. She previously worked at Flinders University as a Research Fellow on the ‘Religion and domestic violence: Exploring men’s perpetration’ ARC Linkage research project in partnership with the Lutheran Church of Australia. This research focused on how religion informs understandings and experiences of DFV including male perpetration, and how religion and faith-based organisations can support prevention, response and recovery.
FACILITATOR
Professor Sara Davies, Deputy Director (Indo-Pacific Research) and Chief Investigator at the Centre of Excellence for The Elimination of Violence Against Women (CEVAW) at Monash University.