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This article examines how Australia's approach to domestic and family violence (DFV) social service delivery impacts First Nations community-controlled DFV services and theorizes how administrative techniques used by the state in this context can be considered a form of state violence. Analyzing data from a multi-stage qualitative study involving 22 interviews alongside analysis of 98 DFV-related intimate partner homicides involving First Nations women, this article argues that the state's approach to funding and managing DFV service delivery sustains a contiguous colonial logic that threatens and undermines the strength and resilience of community-controlled service delivery and, as a consequence, harms First Nations women.

In France, knowledge production about gender-based violence (GBV) has evolved alongside the gradual formation of a dedicated GBV cause field, progressing through three key phases. GBV was initially framed through the lens of 1970s materialist feminism and conceptualized using the notion of domination. Feminist research expanded through increased engagement with public institutions-many of which were not originally concerned with violence or gender issues. Statistical hybridization played a crucial role in legitimizing GBV both as a subject of scholarly inquiry and as a public policy concern. Since the mid-2010s, research explicitly using the GBV framework has continued to grow rapidly, elevating the issue's public legitimacy. Paradoxically, though, recognition of this issue in France has remained limited.

Womens' and girls' safety in public places is undermined by sexual harassment, yet the environmental correlates of risk remain poorly understood. Using the environmental criminology framework, this mixed-method research aims to map and analyze reported incidents of sexual harassment in Delhi, India. Spatial and descriptive analyses revealed high concentrations and patterns of significant situational factors associated with both physical and nonphysical sexual harassment incidents. Field observations of these hotspot locations provided valuable insights into the social environment and dynamics that contribute to sexual harassment. The findings have implications for place-based situational prevention strategies to address sexual harassment incidents worldwide.

This research explored women's early experiences with male-perpetrated online stranger sexual harassment, including the age at which it occurred and its nature and impact. Most participants reported early experiences with unwanted sexual communication, most often beginning in their adolescence. Perpetrators were typically older males seeking a younger, pubescent girl to whom he would livestream masturbation, send dickpics or pornography, or offer money for sex. These communications elicited fear, disgust, anger, confusion around sexual development, and distrust of men. These experiences are prevalent and have enduring impact, reinforcing the need for policy, education, and clinical interventions.

This paper presents a new "Framework of Paramilitary-related Coercive Control." Based on empirical research in Northern Ireland, the paper evidences how coercive control can be used as an analytical lens to approach understanding of armed-actor-related intimate-partner violence, as well as being a form of conflict-related harm. The paper advances the concept of "conflict-related coercive control," showing how the predatory nature of armed group social control is the basis for the endemic gendered control of women. It expands the study of intimate partner-based coercive control towards group-based control of women, and by so doing, expands the concept of social control, evidencing the gendered nature of armed group governance.

Social workers in domestic violence shelters face chronic exposure to traumatic narratives, often resulting in secondary traumatic stress. This study examines archaeological pottery restoration as a citizen-science intervention supporting resilience among shelter-based social workers. Five licensed social workers participated in a 3-month program combining hands-on restoration with reflective dialogue, conducted during the 2023 Israel-Hamas war under conditions of heightened stress. Using ethnographic methods, including participant observation, field notes, and interviews, thematic analysis explored participants' experiences. Findings indicate restoration fostered self-reflection, emotional processing, and symbolic associations with healing. The study introduces an innovative interdisciplinary model bridging social work, archaeology, and citizen science.

Scholars and practitioners are becoming increasingly aware of technologies being used to facilitate gender-based violence, yet little empirical research has explored this issue within the Pacific context. This article reports on a study of practitioners working across nine Pacific Island countries. While the rates and types of victimization experiences are not dissimilar to other countries, practitioners perceived that cultural and religious norms, gender roles, and societal expectations hinder victim-survivors from seeking help, disclosing, or reporting technology-facilitated gender-based violence. We argue that social and cultural contexts are key in understanding technology-facilitated gender-based violence, and developing prevention, response, and support measures.

Based on 13 qualitative interviews with Egyptian women who experienced sexual violence by their husbands, this study examines whether "marital sexual violence" (MSV) better captures perceptions in Muslim-majority communities than terms like "marital rape" or "intimate partner sexual violence." The analysis reveals that while many women acknowledged the violence, they refrained from labeling it as rape, reflecting ongoing debates over terminology. MSV, we argue, may offer culturally responsive framing by shifting the focus from consent (seen as a woman's duty) to harm (a man's accountability). This approach bridges gaps between everyday experiences and academic discussions, facilitating meaningful dialog across social, advocacy, and religious contexts and centering community-based and decolonial interventions.

This mixed methods study quantitatively explored cross-sectional associations between gendered and sexual harassment and parent-adolescent communication, and qualitatively explored rural Mexican adolescents' views and perceptions of parental discussions of neighborhood-based sexual harassment. Hierarchical regressions revealed that gendered harassment, but not sexual harassment, was associated with less mother-adolescent communication, but was not associated with father-adolescent communication. Qualitative findings demonstrated that most adolescents endorsed a risk of sexual harassment in their communities, despite most parents not discussing sexual violence with them. Future research should explore how Mexican families can incorporate sexual harassment into their broader discussions of neighborhood violence.

This study examines factors that facilitate or hinder the disclosure of intimate partner violence victimization, considering the type of interlocutor and adopting an ecological systems perspective. A quantitative, cross-sectional design was employed using data from 308 surveys of female university students in Spain. Findings indicate that disclosure is associated with variables such as type of violence, relationship duration, future expectations, and perceived patriarchal beliefs among friends. Conversely, personal values, lack of perceived social support, and power dynamics discourage disclosure. Overall, disclosure emerges as a complex, multifaceted process that begins with recognizing abuse and understanding how control and power shape relationships.