About
We produce innovative research across the intersections of gendered violence, borders and migration control, to ultimately improve women’s safety.
Projects
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Domestic & Family Violence and Border-related Harm
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Migrant and refugee women’s attitudes to, experiences of and responses to workplace sexual harassment
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Accessing the family violence provision: enhancing migrant women’s safety
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Migrant and refugee women’s safety and security study
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Advancing collaborative conversations on gender equality in Australia and Korea
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Forced Marriage
Publications
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Segrave, M., & Vasil, S. (2024), The Borders of Violence: Temporary Migration and Domestic and Family Violence, Routledge, London.
Pfitzner, N., Fitz-Gibbon, K., Walklate, S., Meyer, S., & Segrave M. (2023), Violence Against Women During Coronavirus: When Staying Home Isn't Safe, Palgrave Macmillan, London.
Tan, S. J. (2023), Gendered Labour, Everyday Security and Migration: An Examination of Domestic Work and Domestic Workers' Experiences in Singapore and Hong Kong, Routledge, London.
Tan, S. J., & Segrave, M. (2020), An examination of counter trafficking responses in the Asian region: A comparative study of Hong Kong and Singapore, in JA Winterdyk & J Jones (eds.), Palgrave International Handbook of Human Trafficking, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 917-934.
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Segrave, M. & Tan, S.J. (2025), Woman, Migrant, Victim or Worker?: Service gaps and the creation of insecurity for women migrant workers in South East Asia, Journal of Gender-Based Violence, vol. 9, no. 2.
Vasil, S., Segrave, M., Tan, S.J., & Cho, H. (2025), Intersectionality in Policy: Feminist breakthrough?, Journal of Gender-Based Violence, vol. 9, no. 2.
Vasil, S., & Segrave M. (2024), Beyond Technology-Facilitated Abuse: Domestic and Family Violence and Temporary Migration, British Journal of Criminology, vol. 64, no. 1, pp. 175-193.
Tan, S. J. (2023), When the Home is also the Workplace: Exploring Women Migrant Domestic Workers’ Experiences with the ‘Live-in’ Policy in Singapore and Hong Kong, Anti-Trafficking Review, vol. 20.
Segrave, M., & Tan, S. J. (2021), ‘Women migrant workers and counter-trafficking responses in Association of Southeast Asian Nations: The enduring challenge of safety and security’, Journal of Criminology, vol. 54, no. 4, pp. 466-481.
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Segrave, M., Tan, S. J., Wickes, R., Keel, C., & Alarcón-Lopez, N. (2024), Migrant and Refugee Women: A national study of experiences of, understandings of and responses to sexual harassment in the workplace (Research report, 07/2024). ANROWS.
Cho, H., & Segrave, M. (2023), Victorian local councils and gender equality: Examining the intersections for women from migrant and refugee backgrounds. Monash University Report.
Segrave, M., Wickes, R., Keel, C., & Tan, S. J. (2023). Migrant and refugee women in Australia: A study of sexual harassment in the workplace (Research report, 06/2023). ANROWS.
Tan, S. J., & Vidal, L. (2023), Forced Marriage as a Form of Family Violence in Victoria. Monash University. Report
Keel, C., Wickes, R., Cherkesly, I., Segrave, M., & Tan, S. J. (2023). Technical report for migrant and refugee women in Australia: A study of sexual harassment in the workplace (ANROWS Insights, 03/2023). ANROWS.
Segrave, M., Wickes, R., Keel, C. (2021). Domestic and Family Violence and the Safety and Security of Migrant and Refugee Women. Monash University. Report.
Segrave, M., Wickes, R., Keel, C. (2021). Migrant and refugee women in Australia: The safety and security study. Monash University. Report.
Segrave, M., Wickes, R., Keel, C. (2021). Migrant and Refugee Women in Australia: The safety and security study, Technical Report. Monash University. Report.
People
The Borders, Migration and Gendered Violence Research Hub has two directors:
Professor Marie Segrave
marie.segrave@unimelb.edu.au
Dr Shih Joo Tan
sj.tan@unimelb.edu.au
The Hub also has important members and affiliates:
Dr Stefani Vasil
stefani.vasil@acu.edu.au
Professor Jane Maree Maher
Janemaree.maher@monash.edu.au
Dr Hyein Ellen Cho
ellen.cho@monash.edu
Professor Rebecca Wickes
r.wickes@griffith.edu.au
Dr Chloe Keel
c.keel@griffith.edu.au