Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :17 % (1)
Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 2 % (2)
Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence : Official National Statistics Not Available
Concluding observations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR)
Gender Inequality Index Rank :24 (3)
Global Gender Gap Index Rank :46 (4)
| 2015
Type of Measure : Budgets > External funds
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Australia | 2015
Type of Measure : Policies > National strategy specific to violence against women
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Australia | 2014
Type of Measure : Monitoring and Evaluation > Policies
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Australia | 2013
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Trafficking
Australia | 2013
Type of Measure : Monitoring and Evaluation > Laws
Form of Violence : Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C)
Australia | 2013
Type of Measure : Budgets > Government allocation
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
| 2013
Type of Measure : Administrative data > Social Services, Social services > Longer term support (Education, Employment, Housing and Financial)
Form of Violence : Trafficking
Australia | 2013
Type of Measure : Violence against women > Legislation
Form of Violence : Trafficking
Australia | 2013
Type of Measure : Social services > Shelter/Safe accommodation
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Australia | 2012 | 2015
Type of Measure : Policies > National action plan specific to violence against women
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence, Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C), Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Trafficking, Violence against women and girls
(1) Proportion of women aged over 18 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence at least once in their lifetime. Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2012. Personal Safety Survey. Canberra, Australia.
(2) Proportion of women aged over 18 years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months. Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2012. Personal Safety Survey. Canberra, Australia.
(3) The Gender Inequality Index is a composite measure reflecting inequality between women and men in three different dimensions: reproductive health (maternal mortality ratio and adolescent birth rate), empowerment (share of parliamentary seats held by women and share of population with at least some secondary education), and labour market participation (labour force participation rate). Source: United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Report 2016.
(4) The Global Gender Gap Index benchmarks national gender gaps on economic, political, education and health criteria. Source: World Economic Forum, the Global Gender Gap Report 2016.