Women's Help-Seeking and Service Experiences: Sexual Revictimization in Regional and Rural Areas

While literature on sexual revictimization is extensive, data on women's help-seeking and service experiences in regional/rural areas is scarce, particularly within Australia. This paper aims to fill this gap by examining the help-seeking journeys of victim/survivors of sexual revictimization in regional and rural Victoria, Australia. Using a material feminist approach, semi-structured interviews with victim/survivors (<i>N</i> = 11) were analyzed to understand the forces shaping their service experiences. The study offers policy, practice-based, and research recommendations to ensure holistic, trauma-and-violence-informed responses to revictimized victim/survivors, addressing their specific needs in underserved areas.