Dr Nada Ibrahim is an Adjunct Research Fellow at UniSA Education Futures.
Ibrahim's background is cross-disciplinary including criminology, psychology (with an Islamic Psychology intersect), Islamic studies and education. Her expertise is in building healthy family relationships including intimate partner violence (IPV) in Muslim communities, domestic and family violence (DFV) in culturally and linguistically diverse communities and has been involved in many cross-cultural training activities with service providers on IPV, DFV and Muslim related issues.
Ibrahim won the Women's Empowerment category of the WomenAcknowledgingWomen Awards 2020 for her work in the empowerment of women particularly in the domestic and family... Read more
About me
Dr Nada Ibrahim is an Adjunct Research Fellow at UniSA Education Futures.
Ibrahim's background is cross-disciplinary including criminology, psychology (with an Islamic Psychology intersect), Islamic studies and education. Her expertise is in building healthy family relationships including intimate partner violence (IPV) in Muslim communities, domestic and family violence (DFV) in culturally and linguistically diverse communities and has been involved in many cross-cultural training activities with service providers on IPV, DFV and Muslim related issues.
Ibrahim won the Women's Empowerment category of the WomenAcknowledgingWomen Awards 2020 for her work in the empowerment of women particularly in the domestic and family violence space. She was inducted onto Queensland’s first Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Honour Roll where the Queensland Government recognises Queenslanders who are contributing to the prevention of DFV. Ibrahim is involved in the Not Now, Not Ever initiatives at a grass-root level in the prevention of, and recovery from DFV amongst the culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) Queensland Muslim community. Ibrahim was also a finalist for the International Islamic University Malaysia Alumni Community Engagement Award 2022.
Ibrahim's expertise has driven her work at the grass-root level to set up culturally and religiously appropriate services for survivors/victims of family violence, perpetrators, families afflicted with domestic violence and children that grow up in those homes. Her focus is on a preventative and recovery approach.
As a Community Advocate, Ibrahim has set up a number of signature programs to facilitate healthy family relationships within the Muslim community that utilises the Muslim worldview and underpinned with a strength-based approach. Two specific programs include:
Ibrahim will continue to roll out some new programs that empowers the Muslim community towards healthy family relationships that are evidence-based through community/industry collaborations.
Ibrahim was recently part of a research project collabrating with Flinders Unviersity that investigates empirically the relationship between forced marriage, partner-visa servitude,arranged marriage and family violence in the Muslim migrant communities in South Australia.
Under the Canadian Observatory for Justice Responses to Domestic Violence (along with the Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice and Governance, Griffith University) Ibrahim undertook Post-Doc research into Muslim victims/survivors past experiences with the Criminal Justice System (CJS) where she interviewed IPV survivors to identify why they report (and do not) report incidents of DFV and the barriers they encounter in accessing the CJS (article recently published). She has also done research that has documented IPV prevalence in the Queensland Muslim community and looked at risk factors that contribute towards IPV perpetration and victimisation and skewed IPV attitudes/beliefs. Ibrahim also completed a research project that explored gender roles and their origins in the Muslim community in South Australia and Queensland via focus groups.
Prior to joining UniSA, Ibrahim was working for the Centre of Domestic and Family Violence Research at CQUniversity, Queensland. She worked on the ANROWS commissioned project on Domestic and family violence protection orders in Australia (DVPO): An investigation of information sharing and enforcement that entailed surveying police, magistrates, lawyers and victim advocates about their views on enforcement of DVPOs. The project also involved interviews with domestic and family violence victims and their cross-border experiences of DVPOs. The state of knowledge paper for the project as well as the findings for this research are available including a research to practice paper.
Ibrahim has been actively involved with various stakeholders via cross-cultural training to create awareness of IPV/DFV issues related to Muslims and how to address them and is currently involved in equipping faith-based leaders on appropriate skills and knowledge on IPV/DFV related issues to make them more accessible to Muslim victims of DFV.
Ibrahim possesses both quantiative and qualitative research expertise. Her experience in research has given her the confidence to apply her skills to any new research projects that she has been engaged in. She enjoys teaching Psychology courses and engaging students in their learning journey utilising technology and innovative techniques to enhance the student experience and has received highly positive feedback on the new strategies implemented for onlilne study of courses.
About me
| Date | Title |
|---|---|
| 23/10/2017 |
Faith-based approach to tackling domestic violence recommended at Adelaide symposium, http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-23/faith-based-approach-to-tackling-domestic-violence/9072242 |
| 13/06/2017 |
Explainer: what Islam actually says about domestic violence. The Conversation, https://theconversation.com/explainer- what-islam-actually-says-about-domestic-violence-77245 |
About me
Doctor of Philosophy Griffith University
Master of Education (Guidance and Counseling) International Islamic University Malaysia
Bachelor of Human Sciences (Psychology) International Islamic University Malaysia
2023 - current: Adjunct Research Fellow at UniSA Education Futures, UniSA
2022 - 2023: Research Assistant at Australian Centre for Child Protection, UniSA Justice & Society, UniSA
2021 - 2023: Course Coordinator/Tutor at UniSA Justice & Society, UniSA
2021 - 2021: Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at UniSA Education Futures, UniSA
2020 - 2020: Researcher at Safe Relationships & Communities, UniSA Justice & Society, UniSA; Senior Lecturer at Centre for Islamic Thought & Education, UniSA Education Futures, UniSA
2016 - 2019: Senior Research Fellow at Centre for Islamic Thought & Education, University of South Australia
2014 - 2016: Senior Research Officer at Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research, CQUniversity Brisbane campus
2013 - 2014: Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Griffith University under the Canadian Observatory for Justice Responses to Domestic Violence at Mt Gravatt campus
2013: Sessional Lecturer with School of Humanities and School of Criminology at Griffith University Nathan and Gold Coast campuses
2012 - 2013: Associate Lecturer with School of Criminology at Griffith University
2011: Casual Lecturer, International Islamic University Malaysia
2010: Endeavour Research Fellowship Award (6 months)
2005 - 2006: Locum Manager & Aged Care Services Coordinator, Islamic Women's Association of Queensland Inc.
Domestic and Family Violence Upskilling for Imams/Community Leaders lead towards best practices
Comparion between Australians and Malaysians on domestic violence attitudes/beliefs
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
InspiredNAFSi Personal Leadership Program for Domestic Violence, National Zakat Foundation Incorporated, 01/01/2020 - 31/01/2020
2021 - current Law Foundation of South Australia grants for project on Forced, Servile and Arranged Marriage and their Relationship with Family Violence within Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Communities in South Australia. Esmaeili, Hossein (Lead CI), Marmo, Marinella (CI), Ibrahim, Nada (CI) submitted by Flinders University, Adelaide
2021- 2022 Advisory Group member for Powerful Interventions Research Project: Improving the use and enforcement of Intervention Orders as a tool to address family and domestic violence in South Australia Uniting Communities SA
2021 Wagga Wagga City Council for project on 2021 Community Attitudes towards Domestic and Family Violence Project. Ibrahim, N (Lead Researcher) – for work in Jan-June 2021
2020 Islamic College of Brisbane QLD for project on Achieve Goal Wellbeing (Mental Health) Program for Grades 8 & 9 (pilot). Ibrahim, N (Lead Content Developer) – delivered in Term 4 2020
2019 - 2020 Stronger Together Grants South Australia 2019-20, Department of Premier and Cabinet SA for project on Building Resilience In Diverse Groups & Ethnicities (BRIDGE) to Strengthen families. Ibrahim, N (Lead Facilitator), Islamic Society of South Australia (Partner)
2019 National Zakat Foundation for the project inspiredNAFSi Personal Leadership Program for Domestic Violence. Ibrahim, N (CI), Debra Bennet (Partner)– delivered in Melbourne in Ju 2019
2017-2018 EASS URIPA Funding Scheme – Mentoring and Seed funding from Education, Arts and Social Sciences Division, University of South Australia to research Gender equality or gender equity? Addressing Domestic violence attitudes/beliefs around gender in Muslim communities in South Australia and Queensland, Australia.
EASS URIPA Alliances funding with Research team led by A/Prof Nicole Moulding on Alliance for Research into Domestic Violence and Trauma
2017: Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Month Grants from Department of Communities, Child Safety & Disability Services, Queensland Government for the project inspiredNAFSi takes on Gender inequality. Ibrahim, N (CI), Kuraby Mosque, Islamic Women’s Association of Queensland (Partners)
2017: Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Month Grants from Department of Communities, Child Safety & Disability Services, Queensland Government, We can stop DV. Ibrahim, N (CI), Islamic Women’s Association of Queensland. Centre for Islamic Thought & Education (Partners)
2013-2014: Post-Doctoral Fellowship from Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre for Family Violence Research, University of New Brunswick, Canada for the project Do Muslim women’s experiences with the criminal justice system in Australia deter them from reporting their experiences of intimate partner violence? Ibrahim, N (CI) administered by Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice & Governance, Griffith University
2010-2011: Endeavour Research Fellowship Award undertaken in Malaysia from Australian Government for project that replicated part of the PhD research on attitudes/beliefs towards intimate partner violence. Ibrahim N (CI)
2007-2009: Growing the Smart State PhD Funding Program from Queensland Government for PhD field research. Ibrahim, N (PhD researcher)
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2022 |
8
9
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| 2021 |
2
2
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| 2020 |
Open access
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| 2018 |
Open access
13
3
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| 2010 |
Open access
28
18
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| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2023 |
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| 2020 |
Open access
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| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2024 |
Open access
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| 2023 |
Open access
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| 2022 |
8
9
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| 2022 |
Open access
4
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| 2021 |
2
2
|
| 2018 |
Open access
13
3
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| 2010 |
Open access
28
18
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| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2025 |
Open access
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| 2017 |
Open access
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| 2015 |
Open access
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Fitrani, S.R., Zufferey, C., & Ibrahim, N. (2022), Communal Parenting, Marriage and Children in Papua, Indonesia: Insights for Social Work. International Social Work. https://doi.org/10.1177/00208728221094420
Ibrahim, N. (2021). Perpetration and Victimzation Prevalence for Intimate partner violence in the Australian-Muslim community. Partner Abuse, 12(4), 432-460. DOI: 10.1891/PA-2020-0009
Ibrahim, N. (2020). Experiences of Abused Muslim Women with the Australian Criminal Justice System. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 37(3-4), NP2360-NP2386. https://doi.org/10.1177/0886260520935487
Ibrahim, N. (2020). Domestic and Family Violence Associated Correlates Among Muslims in Australia. In Bagasra, A & Mackinem, M. (Ed.), Working With Muslim Clients in the Helping Professions. Hershey, PA: IGI Global. doi:10.4018/978-1-7998-0018-7
Islam, M. J., Suzuki, M., Mazumder, N., & Ibrahim, N. (2018). Challenges of implementing restorative justice for intimate partner violence: An Islamic perspective. Journal of Religion & Spirituality in Social Work: Social Thought, 1-25. DOI: 10.1080/15426432.2018.1440277.
Taylor A., Ibrahim, N., Lovatt, H. & Wakefield, S., Cheyne, N., Finn, K. (2017). Domestic and family violence protection orders in Australia: an investigation of information-sharing and enforcement with a focus on interstate orders: Final Report. Australia's National Research Organisation for Women's Safety Horizon RP.14.17/2. Available at: https://d2c0ikyv46o3b1.cloudfront.net/anrows.org.au/Horizons_legal_FINAL.pdf
Taylor A., Ibrahim, N., Lovatt, H. & Wakefield, S., Cheyne, N., Finn, K. (2017). Domestic and family violence protection orders in Australia: an investigation of information-sharing and enforcement with a focus on interstate orders: Key findings and future directions. Australia's National Research Organisation for Women's Safety Compass RP.14.17/3. Available at: https://d2c0ikyv46o3b1.cloudfront.net/anrows.org.au/Legal_Compass_FINAL.pdf
Ibrahim, N. (submitted for review). Influence of witnessing and experiencing childhood abuse in later perpetration of intimate partner violence among Australian Muslims. Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
Taylor, A., Ibrahim, N., Wakefield, S., & Finn, K. (2015). Domestic and family violence protection orders in Australia: An investigation of information sharing and enforcement: State of knowledge report. Australia's National Research Organisation for Women's Safety Landscapes RP-14.17/1. Available at: https://d2c0ikyv46o3b1.cloudfront.net/anrows.org.au/s3fs-public/16_4.1%20Legal%20WEB_FINAL_0.pdf
Ibrahim, N. (2012). Intimate partner violence in the Australian-Muslim community: Exploring attitudes/beliefs, perpetration, and victimisation. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, Griffith Unviersity, Australian (unpublished monograph)
Ibrahim, N. & Abdalla, M. (2010). A critical examination of Qur’an 4:34 and its relevance to intimate partner violence in Muslim families. Journal of Muslim Mental Health, 5(3), 327-349. https://doi.org/10.1080/15564908.2010.551278
Ibrahim, N. (2005). The relationship between self-esteem and two-Islamic values (humility & honesty) for selected students of IIUM. Unpublished M.Ed. thesis, International Islamic University, Malaysia (unpublished monograph)
Ibrahim, N. (2001). Domestic violence: shattering the barrier of silence, a pathway to recovery. Woodridge, Queensland: Islamic Women's Association of Queensland
Research
Domestic and Family Violence Upskilling for Imams/Community Leaders lead towards best practices
Comparion between Australians and Malaysians on domestic violence attitudes/beliefs
BRIDGE-SF (Building Resilence in Diverse Groups & Ethnicities - Strengthening Families) in collaboration with the Islamic Society of South Australia Inc. BRIDGE-SF is a set of 18 workshops on "Building Healthy Families" and "Safe Adolescene" that will be offered in 2020-21 including 2 workshops that will train advocates/mentors in the space to sustain the project. This program will be offered in workshop format where people with various expertise will be addressing various issues related to Strengthening families. A steering committe oversees this project comprised of various organisations and services across South Australia.
Reading text from the lens of taqwa (Week 1 - can be viewed here from 42:46mins to 53:02mins), lens of family (Week 2 - can be viewed Part 1 from 32:18mins to 43:21mins; Part 2 from 38:47mins to 42:51mins; Part 3 from 1:10:54mins to 1:16:50mins), lens of community (Week 3) and lens of laylatul qadr (Week 4 - can be viewed here from 2:46:30mins to 2:59:46mins) for month of Ramadan Apr-May 2020 in collaboration with the Islamic Society of South Australia through their Al Salam TV channel.
inspiredNAFSi Personal Leadership program in collaboration with National Zakat Foundation Melbourne - this program is a 13 session program for healing and recovery from domestic and family violence and has been partially offered intensively in July 2019 in Melbourne. It is underpinned by the Muslim worldview, strength-based approach and the ngah tana lui dah framework.
Family Violence Upskilling for Imams & Community Leaders in collaboration with the Board of Imams Victoria (BOIV), the Muslim Leaders Empowerment Program was modified and tailored to suit the Melbourne context and co-delivered with Aunty Debra Bennet (from the Aboriginal community in Queensland) in Apr 2019. More information can be found here.
Muslim Leaders Empowerment Program (18 hours intensive activity-based training for Muslim leaders and Imams on the dynamics of domestic and family violence and make them victim-friendly): Partly funded by Multicultural Affairs Queensland. Partners included Kuraby Mosque and Islamic Women’s Association of Australia Inc. Co-delivered with Aunty Debra Bennet from Relationships Australia Queensland. Piloted February 2018. To read about it, please click here.
Post Event - Domestic Violence in Faith/Spiritual Multicultural Communities Symposium highlights held on 23rd October 2017. To read the report, watch the Welcome session including keynote address video and photo gallery, visit the website here.
Social Media Campaign on Domestic Violence in Muslim Communities: Gender Conversations for Community Empowerment funded by the Department of Communities Child Safety & Disability Services, Queensland Government for 2017 Domestic Violence Prevention Month produced a campaign video entitled We can Stop DV in partnership with Islamic Women's Association of Australia, Kuraby Mosque, Centre for Islamic Thought & Education that can be viewed here.
inspiredNAFSi Personal Leadership program in collaboration with Aunty Debra Bennett (from Natural Talents) & Islamic Women's Association of Australia - this program is a 13 weeks program that is currently being offered for the third time with much success as a prevention/recovery response to trauma (including domestic violence, discrimination, bullying, etc) in Muslim communities. It is underpinned by the Muslim worldview, strength-based approach and the ngah tana lui dah framework
Muslim Parenting Toolbox in collaboration with Cool Mum Super Dad, Islamic Women's Association of Queensland Inc. and Islamic Council of Queensland (October 2016)
10 ways to lose your spouse & children in collaboration with MarriageQA, Islamic Women's Assocation of Queensland Inc., Islamic Council of Queensland and Griffith University Muslim Students Association (September 2016)
Forward Thinking Forum, Sydney, NSW: Lebanese Muslim Association
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| Cambridge Muslim College | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Central Queensland University | AUSTRALIA |
| Griffith University | AUSTRALIA |
| Jagannath University | BANGLADESH |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Surabaya | INDONESIA |
External engagement & recognition
| Engagement/recognition | Year |
|---|---|
ConvenorAnnual Symposium Domestic Violence in Faith/Spiritual Multicultural Communities: Providing a Platform for Critical Discussion |
2017 |
Invited panellistQUT Crime and Justice Research Centre, and CQU Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research, Queensland |
2016 |
Invited speakerSEQ CALD Family and Domestic Violence SUMMIT, Access Community Services Limited, Griffith University |
2016 |
MemberIslamic Women's Association of Queensland Inc., Australia |
2016 |
MemberCanberra Islamic Centre, Australia |
2016 |
MemberMuslim Mental Health Group, United States of America |
2016 |
Invited guest lecturerSchool of Humanities, Griffith University, Brisbane |
2015 |
Invited guest lecturerAsialink Leaders Program, Brisbane |
2015 |
Invited guest lecturerAmanah Institute, Kuraby Masjid, Brisbane |
2015 |
Invited speakerSchool of Political Science and International Studies, University of Queensland, Brisbane |
2014 |
Invited co-facilitator and presenterIslamic College of Brisbane Year 12 Health Studies, Brisbane |
2013 |
Invited guest lecturerIslamic College of Brisbane Year 12 Health Studies, Brisbane |
2013 |
Invited speakerQueensland Police Headquarters Professional Development Day, Brisbane |
2013 |
Post-doctoral Fellowship AwardCanadian Observatory |
2013 |
Invited co-facilitator and presenterIslamic College of Brisbane Year 12 Health Studies, Brisbane |
2012 |
Invited speakerLegal Aid Queensland Professional Development, Brisbane |
2012 |
Invited guest lecturerIslamic College of Brisbane Year 12 Health Studies, Brisbane |
2011 |
Invited speakerPresent and Future Conference, Sisters of Mercy, All Hollows School, Brisbane |
2011 |
Invited speakerInternational Cooperation and Exchange Office (ICEO) Postgraduate Seminar series, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Kuala Lumpur |
2011 |
Endeavour Research FellowshipDepartment of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Australian Government |
2010 |
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
| Thesis title | Student status |
|---|---|
| The exploration of domestic violence within culturally and linguistically diverse multicultural communities and the intersectionality to accessing domestic violence services and the responses of cultu | Current |
| Lived experiences of Papuan parents: perceptions and practices | Completed |
