Stefani Vasil
Biographic Data
| ID | 3590760 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stefani Vasil |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stefani |
| FAMILY NAME | Vasil |
| SIGNATURE | VASIL S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Australian Catholic University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1722-8477 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Future Professionals and Gendered Violence: Education and Perspectives of Australian Criminology and Law Students
Higher education programs in criminology and law are well placed to prepare future professionals tasked with responding to domestic, family, and sexual violence (DFSV). Effective responses require students to understand the complexity of abuse, the role of gender and structural inequalities, and how professional practice can reinforce or challenge these dynamics. However, Australian evidence on criminology and law students’ knowledge, attitudes, …
A ‘design justice’ approach to developing digital tools for addressing gender-based violence: Exploring the possibilities and limits of feminist chatbots
Digital tools, such as safety apps, reporting portals, and chatbots, are increasingly being used by victim-survivors of gender-based violence to report unlawful activity and access specialized support and information. Despite their limitations, these interventions offer a range of potential benefits, such as enhancing decisional certainty, promoting safety behaviors, and fostering positive psychological outcomes. In this paper, we introduce an in…
Intersectionality in policy: Feminist breakthrough
The language of intersectionality has been increasingly adopted in Australia by leading gender-equality and gender-focused organisations, as well as policy makers, advocates and other stakeholders. In this article we seek to interrogate the application and operationalisation of intersectionality in policy. We examine the way the use of this terminology at times reflects the co-option of an approach that originally sought to capture the complex re…
Persistence and change: Collaborative, conceptual, and contextual global understandings of gender-based and intersectional violence
This special issue brings together scholars working across diverse contexts whose work helps to advance the concept of a contextual global sociology of gender-based and intersectional violence. Building on feminist, anti-racist, anti-colonial, and social justice traditions, the collection highlights both the persistence of violence and the possibilities for transformative change. The concept of contextual global sociology emphasises the importanc…
Immigrant women, domestic and family violence and the state: A contextual global analysis of the United States and Australia
Researchers, activists, community organizations, and other stakeholders have worked across the globe to ensure that the problem of domestic and family violence remains a public issue. Using a contextual global approach, this article examines the framing of domestic and family violence in the United States and Australia, focusing on the critical issue of citizenship status. We draw attention to immigration policies and processes and the types of f…
“I Came Here, and it Got Worse Day by Day”: Examining the Intersections Between Migrant Precarity and Family Violence Among Women with Insecure Migration Status in Australia
While understanding the diversity of women's lived experiences is a key focus area in the international feminist literature on family violence, research with migrant women in Australia remains limited. This article seeks to contribute to the growing body of intersectional feminist scholarship that examines how immigration or “migration status” impacts the dynamics of migrant women's experiences of family violence. The article examines precarity i…
Breaking the silence: Exploring the sociocultural context of domestic violence for Chinese migrant women in Australia
Research examining the specificity of domestic violence (DV) for culturally and linguistically diverse women has grown considerably in Australia over the past several years, however, few studies have focused on the experiences of East Asian migrant victim-survivors of DV. This article reports on findings from an in-depth qualitative study and explores the perceptions of and responses to DV for Chinese migrant women from mainland China, Hong Kong …
Beyond Technology-Facilitated Abuse: Domestic and Family Violence and Temporary Migration
This paper explores the importance of moving beyond a narrow examination of technology-facilitated abuse (TFA) and domestic and family violence (DFV). Drawing on findings from two studies that capture the experiences of over 300 temporary visa holders in Australia, we detail how technology is one tool used within the context of patterns of control and isolation. We detail the experiences of TFA in our sample and then examine the importance of loc…
Understanding the Nature of Family Violence Against Women With Insecure Migration Status in Australia
Feminist researchers have diversified understandings of family violence by examining how women's experiences are influenced by gender and its intersections with other social inequalities. This article seeks to contribute to intersectional and transnational feminist scholarship on violence that examines the influence of structural factors such as insecure migration status on the nature of women's lived experiences in Western industrialized countri…
I felt I had no-one to depend on but myself’: Examining how women with insecure migration status respond to domestic and family violence in Australia
Feminist research that takes an intersectional approach has highlighted how a woman's migration status can influence their ability to disclose domestic and family violence (DFV) and access formal support in the countries where they live, work and study. In recent years, research in Western multicultural societies such as Australia has shed light on the ways that restrictive state policies work against victim-survivors and can result in women dela…
Accessing Support for Domestic and Family Violence in the Context of Migrant Precarity: Women's Experiences in Victoria, Australia
Feminist scholarship that brings issues regarding legal status to the forefront contributes to our understanding of the diverse and specific experiences of migration in relation to domestic and family violence. Scholars taking an intersectional approach have examined how migrant women with insecure status confront a series of barriers in their daily lives, impacting their ability to seek help and exacerbating their experiences of violence and abu…
Digital citizenship in a global society: A feminist approach
In an era of datafication, social networking, and globalization, “digital citizenship” has become an increasingly relevant and popular concept employed by diverse societal actors to promote digital capacity, literacy, and participation. To date, however, limited scholarly attention has been paid to the role of gender power relations in digital citizenship discourses, theories, or practices. In this paper, we conceptualize digital citizenship as a…
Digital citizenship in a global society: A feminist approach
In an era of datafication, social networking, and globalization, “digital citizenship” has become an increasingly relevant and popular concept employed by diverse societal actors to promote digital capacity, literacy, and participation. To date, however, limited scholarly attention has been paid to the role of gender power relations in digital citizenship discourses, theories, or practices. In this paper, we conceptualize digital citizenship as a…
Understanding the Nature of Family Violence Against Women With Insecure Migration Status in Australia
Feminist researchers have diversified understandings of family violence by examining how women's experiences are influenced by gender and its intersections with other social inequalities. This article seeks to contribute to intersectional and transnational feminist scholarship on violence that examines the influence of structural factors such as insecure migration status on the nature of women's lived experiences in Western industrialized countri…
Immigrant women, domestic and family violence and the state: A contextual global analysis of the United States and Australia
Researchers, activists, community organizations, and other stakeholders have worked across the globe to ensure that the problem of domestic and family violence remains a public issue. Using a contextual global approach, this article examines the framing of domestic and family violence in the United States and Australia, focusing on the critical issue of citizenship status. We draw attention to immigration policies and processes and the types of f…
I felt I had no-one to depend on but myself’: Examining how women with insecure migration status respond to domestic and family violence in Australia
Feminist research that takes an intersectional approach has highlighted how a woman's migration status can influence their ability to disclose domestic and family violence (DFV) and access formal support in the countries where they live, work and study. In recent years, research in Western multicultural societies such as Australia has shed light on the ways that restrictive state policies work against victim-survivors and can result in women dela…
Digital citizenship in a global society: A feminist approach
In an era of datafication, social networking, and globalization, “digital citizenship” has become an increasingly relevant and popular concept employed by diverse societal actors to promote digital capacity, literacy, and participation. To date, however, limited scholarly attention has been paid to the role of gender power relations in digital citizenship discourses, theories, or practices. In this paper, we conceptualize digital citizenship as a…
Understanding the Nature of Family Violence Against Women With Insecure Migration Status in Australia
Feminist researchers have diversified understandings of family violence by examining how women's experiences are influenced by gender and its intersections with other social inequalities. This article seeks to contribute to intersectional and transnational feminist scholarship on violence that examines the influence of structural factors such as insecure migration status on the nature of women's lived experiences in Western industrialized countri…
I felt I had no-one to depend on but myself’: Examining how women with insecure migration status respond to domestic and family violence in Australia
Feminist research that takes an intersectional approach has highlighted how a woman's migration status can influence their ability to disclose domestic and family violence (DFV) and access formal support in the countries where they live, work and study. In recent years, research in Western multicultural societies such as Australia has shed light on the ways that restrictive state policies work against victim-survivors and can result in women dela…
Accessing Support for Domestic and Family Violence in the Context of Migrant Precarity: Women's Experiences in Victoria, Australia
Feminist scholarship that brings issues regarding legal status to the forefront contributes to our understanding of the diverse and specific experiences of migration in relation to domestic and family violence. Scholars taking an intersectional approach have examined how migrant women with insecure status confront a series of barriers in their daily lives, impacting their ability to seek help and exacerbating their experiences of violence and abu…
“I Came Here, and it Got Worse Day by Day”: Examining the Intersections Between Migrant Precarity and Family Violence Among Women with Insecure Migration Status in Australia
While understanding the diversity of women's lived experiences is a key focus area in the international feminist literature on family violence, research with migrant women in Australia remains limited. This article seeks to contribute to the growing body of intersectional feminist scholarship that examines how immigration or “migration status” impacts the dynamics of migrant women's experiences of family violence. The article examines precarity i…
Breaking the silence: Exploring the sociocultural context of domestic violence for Chinese migrant women in Australia
Research examining the specificity of domestic violence (DV) for culturally and linguistically diverse women has grown considerably in Australia over the past several years, however, few studies have focused on the experiences of East Asian migrant victim-survivors of DV. This article reports on findings from an in-depth qualitative study and explores the perceptions of and responses to DV for Chinese migrant women from mainland China, Hong Kong …
Beyond Technology-Facilitated Abuse: Domestic and Family Violence and Temporary Migration
This paper explores the importance of moving beyond a narrow examination of technology-facilitated abuse (TFA) and domestic and family violence (DFV). Drawing on findings from two studies that capture the experiences of over 300 temporary visa holders in Australia, we detail how technology is one tool used within the context of patterns of control and isolation. We detail the experiences of TFA in our sample and then examine the importance of loc…
A ‘design justice’ approach to developing digital tools for addressing gender-based violence: Exploring the possibilities and limits of feminist chatbots
Digital tools, such as safety apps, reporting portals, and chatbots, are increasingly being used by victim-survivors of gender-based violence to report unlawful activity and access specialized support and information. Despite their limitations, these interventions offer a range of potential benefits, such as enhancing decisional certainty, promoting safety behaviors, and fostering positive psychological outcomes. In this paper, we introduce an in…
Intersectionality in policy: Feminist breakthrough
The language of intersectionality has been increasingly adopted in Australia by leading gender-equality and gender-focused organisations, as well as policy makers, advocates and other stakeholders. In this article we seek to interrogate the application and operationalisation of intersectionality in policy. We examine the way the use of this terminology at times reflects the co-option of an approach that originally sought to capture the complex re…
Persistence and change: Collaborative, conceptual, and contextual global understandings of gender-based and intersectional violence
This special issue brings together scholars working across diverse contexts whose work helps to advance the concept of a contextual global sociology of gender-based and intersectional violence. Building on feminist, anti-racist, anti-colonial, and social justice traditions, the collection highlights both the persistence of violence and the possibilities for transformative change. The concept of contextual global sociology emphasises the importanc…
Immigrant women, domestic and family violence and the state: A contextual global analysis of the United States and Australia
Researchers, activists, community organizations, and other stakeholders have worked across the globe to ensure that the problem of domestic and family violence remains a public issue. Using a contextual global approach, this article examines the framing of domestic and family violence in the United States and Australia, focusing on the critical issue of citizenship status. We draw attention to immigration policies and processes and the types of f…
Future Professionals and Gendered Violence: Education and Perspectives of Australian Criminology and Law Students
Higher education programs in criminology and law are well placed to prepare future professionals tasked with responding to domestic, family, and sexual violence (DFSV). Effective responses require students to understand the complexity of abuse, the role of gender and structural inequalities, and how professional practice can reinforce or challenge these dynamics. However, Australian evidence on criminology and law students’ knowledge, attitudes, …
Sociology (10 works) · Gender Studies (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Domestic violence (7 works) · Gender Studies (7 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Poison control (7 works) · Criminology (5 works) · Human Factors and Ergonomics (5 works) · Human Factors and Ergonomics (4 works)