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Dr Fiona Girkin

Consultant, Researcher and Advocate

Portrait photograph of Dr Fiona Girkin smiling, wearing glasses and a black top, against a green foliage background with soft fairy lights. She is an Australian consultant, researcher and advocate for evidence-based conversations on gender, trauma and justice.

Dr Fiona Girkin is an Australian consultant, researcher and advocate whose work focuses on toxic female behaviour, personality disorders, male victims of abuse, and evidence-based approaches to domestic and family violence. After a career spanning sexual assault services, family dispute resolution, policing education and domestic violence training, she now works independently to produce research, educational content and consulting focused on issues she believes have been overlooked within mainstream discussions. Her work contributes to an important conversation about ensuring domestic violence policy remains grounded in research, fairness and equal protection for everyone.

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