Autor: Catherine Donovan

Catherine Donovan is Professor of Social Relations at the University of Sunderland, UK, and lead of the Centre for Applied Social Sciences. She has extensive experience of conducting research on same sex intimacy, parenting and families. Marianne Hester OBE is Professor of Gender, Violence and International Policy at the University of Bristol, UK, and heads the Centre for Gender and Violence Research. She has extensive experience of researching domestic violence and abuse.