Globally 1 in 3 women experience partner violence Victoria Police family violence incident reports are going up 2010 2011 2012 2014 2013 35k 40k 50k 60k 65k 1 woman is killed nearly every week in Australia due to family violence 1 8 22 2 9 16 15 25 5 17 10 24 3 11 18 12 19 26 6 13 27 7 14 21 28 Children are present in 1 out of every 3 family violence cases reported to police 7 in 10 women murdered in Australia are victims of family violence death, for Intimate partner violence Victorian women the is in top risk factor & illness disability aged 15-44 Aboriginal women are 35x more likely to be hospitalised by family violence than other women 35x A woman faces an increased risk of being killed or seriously injured when she leaves or is separating from an abusive partner CALD women face additional barriers to safety: language isolation strict cultural beliefs fear of police & courts immigration risks financial support Violence against women costs the Australian economy 2009 $13.6b 2021 $15.6b Women 67% Children under 10 19% Of clients accessing specialist homelessness services due to family violence... Living in fear DVRCV FACTS ON FAMILY VIOLENCE 2015 Sources (from top, left to right): 1. World Health Organisation, 2013. 2. Chan & Payne, 2013. 3. Chan & Payne, 2013. 4. Victoria Police Crime Statistics, 2013/2014. 5. Victoria Police Crime Statistics, 2011/2012. 6. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Framework Report, 2012. 7. Women With Disabilities Victoria (2014). 8. Dimopoulos & Assafiri, 2004. 9. VicHealth, 2004. 10. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2013. 11. Department of Human Services, Victoria, 2012. 12. The National Council to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children, 2009 More information: www.dvrcv.org.au © 2014 Domestic Violence Resource Centre Victoria Women and girls with disabilities are twice as likely to experience violence as those without 2x
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Globally 1 in 3 womenexperience partner violence
Victoria Police familyviolence incidentreports aregoing up
2010 2011 2012 20142013
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1 woman is killed nearly every week in Australia due to family violence
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Children are present in1 out of every 3 family violence
cases reported to police
7 in 10 women murdered in Australia are victims of family violence
death,for
Intimate partner violence
Victorian women
theis
in
top risk factor
& illnessdisability
aged 15-44
Aboriginal women are 35x more likely to be hospitalised by family
violence than other women
35x
A woman faces an increased risk of being killed or seriously injured when she leaves or is separating
from an abusive partner
CALD women face additional barriers to safety:
languageisolationstrict cultural beliefsfear of police & courtsimmigration risksfinancial support
Violence against womencosts the Australianeconomy
2009
$13.6b2021
$15.6bWomen
67%Childrenunder 10
19%
Of clients accessing specialist homelessness services due to family violence...
Living in fearDVRCV FACTS ON FAMILY VIOLENCE 2015
Sources (from top, left to right): 1. World Health Organisation, 2013. 2. Chan & Payne, 2013. 3. Chan & Payne, 2013. 4. Victoria Police Crime Statistics, 2013/2014. 5. Victoria Police Crime Statistics, 2011/2012. 6. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Framework Report, 2012.7. Women With Disabilities Victoria (2014). 8. Dimopoulos & Assafiri, 2004. 9. VicHealth, 2004.10. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2013. 11. Department of Human Services, Victoria, 2012. 12. The National Council to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children, 2009
More information: www.dvrcv.org.au © 2014 Domestic Violence Resource Centre Victoria
Women and girls with disabilities are twice as likely to experience
violence as those without
2x
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