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)
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 :19 (4)
Global Gender Gap Index Rank :43 (5)
Australia | 2022 | 2032
Type of Measure : Policies > National action plan specific to violence against women
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Australia | 2021 | 2030
Type of Measure : Policies > National strategy specific to violence against women
Form of Violence : Sexual violence
Australia | 2021
Type of Measure : Budgets > Government allocation
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Australia | 2021
Type of Measure : Prevention > Awareness-raising /Campaigns
Form of Violence : Violence against women and girls
Australia | 2020 | 2022
Type of Measure : Budgets > Government allocation
Form of Violence : Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C)
Australia | 2020
Type of Measure : Policies > National strategy specific to violence against women
Form of Violence : Sexual harassment
Australia | 2019 | 2025
Type of Measure : Policies > National strategy specific to violence against women
Form of Violence : Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
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.