Violence Against Women

Violence Against Women – Some Indirect Costs

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Violence against women not only causes significant physical and psychological harm to the direct victims but it also has a significant indirect financial cost including: The costs of purchasing physical and mental health care for victims of violence. The cost of women’s lost labour. The cost of the provision of temporary and permanent housing. The…

September 15, 2013

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Violence Against Women Under Reported

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A survey released this month of statistics on violence found that less than 50% of women who experience domestic violence report the assaults to police. The survey stated that there will always be women who are understandably distressed or embarrassed about having been subjected to such violence and subsequently do not report it. The survey…

May 14, 2013

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A recent United Nations survey of violence against women found that 48% of Australian women experienced at least one incident of physical violence and 34% experienced at least one incident of sexual violence over their lifetime and that the economic cost of crimes against women to the Australian community in 2008 – 2009 was $13.6…

October 2, 2012

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