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Domestic and family violence is a devastating problem that affects the health and wellbeing of West Australians every year. Large numbers of women and children suffer daily as a result of domestic and family violence.
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FACTS:
It is also generally agreed that:
- In 2009 it was estimated that violence against women and their children cost the Australian economy $13.6billion (FaHCSIA, 2009).
- In Australia, one in three women experience physical violence and one in
five women experience sexual violence in their lifetime (ABS, 2006).
- Domestic violence is the biggest health risk to women in Australia (United Nations, 2005).
- In Western Australia between the 1st of July 2009 and the 30th June 2010 Police attended 34,085 domestic and family violence incidents.
- In the same period there were 16 deaths as a result of domestic and family violence.
- 70% of young people between the ages of 12 and 20 will experience a romantic relationship, one in three of these are violent (Indermaur, 2001).
It is also generally agreed that:
- Domestic and family violence is largely unreported;
- An overwhelming majority of people who experience domestic and family violence are women; and
- Aboriginal women are more likely than non Aboriginal women to be victims of violence.
To understand more about the dimensions and consequences of domestic and family violence please follow the links below.
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