Useful Resources

Domestic/Family/Sexual Violence*:

• 1800RESPECT: 1800 737 732 (24 hours, 7 days a week)

• DVConnect Womensline: 1800 811 811 (24 hours, 7 days a week)

• DVConnect Sexual Assault Helpline: 1800 010 120 (7.30am – 11.30pm, 7 days a week)

• ​MensLine Australia: 1300 789 978 (24 hours) 

• Brisbane Domestic Violence Service: 07 3217 2544 

• Relationships Australia: 1300 364 27

• Lifeline: 13 11 14 (24 hours, 7 days a week)

*In an emergency (If you, a child, or another person is in immediate danger), call 000.​

• Why in the World is There Resistance to Empowerment Self Defense Training?

• Cermele, J., & ·McCaughey, M. (2022). Self‐Defense as an Effective and Neglected Form of Sexual Assault Prevention: A Commentary and Overdue Correction to the Literature. Sex Roles, 86, 493–503.

• Hollander, J. A. (2020). Empowerment self-defense training in a community population. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 44(2), 187-202

• Hollander, J. A. (2018). Women’s self‐defense and sexual assault resistance: The state of the field. Sociology Compass, 12(8), e12597.

• Hollander, J. A., (2016). The importance of self-defense training for sexual violence prevention. Feminism & Psychology, 26(2), 207-226.

• Kelly, L. & Sharp-Jeffs, N. (2016). Knowledge and know-how: The role of self-defence in the prevention of violence against women. Policy Department C: Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs, European Parliament (www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2016/571385/IPOL_STU(2016)571385_EN.pdf).

• Kerr-Wilson, A., Gibbs, A., McAslan, F. E., Ramsoomar, L., Parke, A., Khuwaja, H. M. A., & Jewkes, R. (2020). A rigorous global evidence review of interventions to prevent violence against women and girls. Pretoria, South Africa: What Works to Prevent Violence among Women and Girls Global Programme.