A passion for protecting Australian women from the perils of domestic violence is the aim for Gold Coast sisters and Griffith University students, Gina Masterton and Rebecca Masterton.
The two women are aiming to raise awareness and bring about law reform of the issue in Australia, especially those cases which are subject to the Hague Child Abduction Convention 1980.
With Gina studying for a PhD in law and Rebecca, a second year Bachelor of Psychology undergraduate, the pair – both indigenous mature age students returning to study – make a formidable force in understanding the subtleties of testosterone-fuelled aggression.
However, it is more their personal experience of the problem that has triggered their plan to devote their careers to reform in this area, and to help support abused women and children who flee domestic violence to Australia.
Living in California from 2000 until late 2013 with their mother, Gina was pursuing a legal career,
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