Australian Institute of Family Studies, 8 June 2016 Sexual violence and coercion is a serious problem faced by young people. Young women aged 18-24 are the most likely group to have experienced sexual violence in the past 12 months. As awkward or embarrassing as we can sometimes find it to talk to young people about sex and relationships, research such as that from the ABS shows how important it...
SBS, 23 Nov 2015 – Updated 25 Nov 2015 The latest data from the Australian Institute of Criminology says 47 women died from intimate partner homicide in 2011-12. That equates to one woman dying from intimate partner homicide every seven-to-eight days in 2011-12. On White Ribbon Day, Campaigners have called for a dramatic reduction in domestic-violence deaths and injuries, as 76 women have...
Australian Bureau of Statistics, 29 October 2015 2014 saw the lowest recorded number of births to teenaged mothers (9,204). The proportion of all births to mothers aged 19 and under was 3.1 per cent, following a steady decline from 10.4 per cent in 1975. Further contents of this report include: Summary Births Fertility rates States and Territories Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander births and...