Global Database on Violence against Women
Australia
Prevalence Data on Different Forms of Violence against Women:
Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence :228 % (1)
Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months : 22 % (2)
Lifetime Non-Partner Sexual Violence : 10 % (3)
Reports submitted by UN Human Rights Bodies:
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 Equality Indexes:
Gender Inequality Index Rank :19 (4)
Global Gender Gap Index Rank :43 (5)
Australia Search Data
1 - 10 de 187 ResultsNational Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022-2032
Australia | 2022 | 2032
Type of Measure : Policies > National action plan specific to violence against women
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
National Strategy to Prevent and Respond to Child Sexual Abuse 2021-2030
Australia | 2021 | 2030
Type of Measure : Policies > National strategy specific to violence against women
Form of Violence : Sexual violence
Funding: Coronavirus Domestic Violence Support Package
Australia | 2021
Type of Measure : Budgets > Government allocation
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Primary Prevention Campaign: Stop it at the Start
Australia | 2021
Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Australian NGO Cooperation Program Funds Projects Aiming to Reduce FGM
Australia | 2020 | 2022
Type of Measure : Budgets > Government allocation
Form of Violence : Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C)
Roadmap for Respect: Preventing and Addressing Sexual Harassment in Australian Workplaces
Australia | 2020
Type of Measure : Policies > National strategy specific to violence against women
Form of Violence : Sexual harassment
Aboriginal Family Health Strategy, the Aboriginal Family Wellbeing and Violence Prevention Strategy 2019-2025
Australia | 2019 | 2025
Type of Measure : Policies > National strategy specific to violence against women
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Campaign: Doing Nothing Does Harm
Australia | 2019
Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
(1) Proportion of women aged 18+ years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence at least once in their lifetime since age 15. Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2017. Personal Safety Survey 2016. Canberra, Australia.
(2) Proportion of women aged 18+ years experiencing intimate partner physical and/or sexual violence in the last 12 months. Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2017. Personal Safety Survey 2016. Canberra, Australia.
(3) Proportion of women aged 18+ years experiencing sexual violence perpetrated by someone they know other than an intimate partner at least once in their lifetime since age 15. Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2017. Personal Safety Survey 2016. Canberra, Australia.
(4) 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 2021/2022.
(5) 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 2022.
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