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Measuring & addressing the prevalence & health impacts of intimate partner violence in Australian women

By J Pope
In Aboriginal Health, Sexual, gendered & partner violence
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ANROWS,  30th October 2016 Intimate partner violence, including violence in both cohabiting and non-cohabiting relationships and emotional abuse: is prevalent–affecting one in three women since the age of 15. One in four women have experienced violence or abuse from a cohabiting partner. If we only consider physical and sexual violence, then one in six women have experienced at least one incident...

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Data shows one woman is killed by her partner in Australia every week

By J Pope
In Sexual, gendered & partner violence
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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...

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