Women, Violence and Brain Injury: Short stories

Women’s Health NSW ran an event called Women, Violence and Brain Injury in late 2025. It brought together a range of experts on women’s brain injuries resulting from violence. These short stories are drawn from the presentations of our speakers.  In this short story, Phoebe Nagorcka-Smith points out that we don’t have an accurate national…

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Brain injury: A practitioner guide

Experiences of domestic, family and sexual violence (DFSV) can lead to brain injuries from strangulation, suffocation, blows to the head and neck, and being shaken violently. Despite the strong link between DFSV and brain injuries, there remains limited information to support women who have a brain injury resulting from violence. This practitioner guide is designed…

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Recovering from brain injury

The Recovering from brain injury booklet is designed to fill the gap in resources available to women who have a brain injury caused by domestic, family and sexual violence (DFSV). It does this by providing information directly to the woman, and by creating an opportunity for service providers to work with the woman to create…

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