Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE170101454

Funding Activity

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Funded Activity Summary

Leading change on violence against women through the health sector. This project aims to understand the role of the health sector in ending violence against women in low-income countries. Gender-based violence is a pervasive and damaging social issue. Timor-Leste, Australia’s nearest and most fragile neighbour, has an extremely high rate of violence against women. The health sector is critical in prevention, early intervention and changing community attitudes but no research has included health providers’ perspectives. This research uses health professionals, policy-makers and women's experiences to study challenges facing the health sector and how it responds to violence against women. Expected outcomes include models of care that can be tested in regional low-resource settings.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2017

End Date: 31-05-2022

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $343,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council