Domestic Violence and its consequences in Australia today
New research findings presented by Dr Anne Summers.
Join Dr Anne Summers for a presentation and panel session, followed by an audience Q&A to learn more about the findings of her data-based research into the extent and health-related consequences for single mothers who have experienced domestic violence.
Session details
11:30am-12:30pm: Presentation and panel discussion
12:30pm-1:30pm: Light lunch
Presenter bio
Dr Anne Summers AO is a journalist, commentator and best-selling author of nine books, including the classic Damned Whores and God’s Police, first published in 1975, and still in print. Her most recent book Unfettered and Alive, a memoir, was published in 2018.
Anne is well-known in Australia for having advised Prime Ministers Bob Hawke and Paul Keating, run Australia’s federal Office of the Status of Women, been editor-in-chief of America’s leading feminist magazine Ms., and with business partner Sandra Yates achieved the second only women-led management buyout in US corporate history in 1988 after raising $20 million on Wall Street to purchase Ms. and Sassy magazines. She was chair of the board of Greenpeace International (based in Amsterdam) from 2000 to 2006 and for nine years until 2009 was a trustee of Sydney's Powerhouse Museum.
In 2021, Anne was appointed a Paul Ramsay Foundation Fellow, located at UTS, and commissioned to undertake data-based research that will shed new light on the incidence and nature of domestic violence in Australia.
Anne has a PhD from the University of Sydney and honorary doctorates from five Australian universities. In 1989, she was made an Officer in the Order of Australia for her contribution to women and to the media. In 2011, Anne was honoured as an Australian Legend by having her image on a postage stamp. In 2017 she was inducted into the Australian Media Hall of Fame.
