The Trap Victorian Women's Trust

Content warning: domestic abuse, violence, sexual harassment

What role might we play—in our workplaces, public institutions and political systems—to free ourselves, and those we love, from the trap?

Features: Christine Nixon, Marcia Neave, David Martin, Kathleen Foley, Phil Cleary, Josh Bornstein

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Content warning: domestic abuse and violence

We know what domestic abuse is and where it lives—so what power do we all have to end the trap?

Features: Mary Crooks, Chanel Contos, Terry Real, Peter Robinson, Joplin Higgins, Kim O’Reilly, Carmel O’Brien

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Content warning: domestic abuse and violence

Domestic abuse relies on situations of power-over, rather than power-with—and that way of thinking permeates every aspect of our culture, from our homes to the halls of Parliament.

Features: Mary Crooks, Bob Pease, Russ Vickery, June Oscar and Dr Mary Graham.

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Content warning: domestic abuse, violence and child sexual abuse

Domestic abuse isn’t only caused by individuals—it’s embedded in and sustained by our public systems too.

Features: Ruth Stearns Mandel, David Mandel, Susan Lackner, Grant Wyeth and a number of victim-survivors whose identities are protected.

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Content warning: domestic abuse and violence

When domestic abuse is perpetrated by the police themselves, how do we hold them to account?

Features: Mark Wynne, Paula Smith, Alex Roslin, Frank Caridi and a number of victim-survivors whose identities are protected.

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Content warning: domestic abuse and violence

What actually happens when victim-survivors report to the police? Do they receive the help and protection they need, or something else entirely?

Features: Karina Hogan, Frank Caridi, Chloe McCardel, Paula Smith, and a number of victim-survivors whose identities are protected.

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