Fact Sheet
Family, domestic and sexual violence are significant issues for women across all ages,
socioeconomic and demographic groups. Indigenous women are particularly at risk.
- Indigenous people are two to five times more likely than non-Indigenous people to
experience violence to experience violence as victims or offenders.
- Indigenous women are five times more likely to be homicide victims than non-
Indigenous people.
- Indigenous women are 32 times as likely to be hospitalised due to family violence
related issues than non-Indigenous women.
- In Asia and the Pacific, 15% to 68% of women suffer physical or sexual violence in
their lifetimes at the hands of a partner, and worldwide, 1 in 3 women experience
intimate partner violence in their lives.
References
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2019. Family, domestic and sexual violence in Australia 2018. Cat. no. FDV 3, Australian Government Canberra. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
Breaking Silent Codes 2019, Home, Sydney, viewed 20 December 2019, http://www.breakingsilentcodes.com.au/
Fourth Action Plan 2019-2022, National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children 2010-2022, An Initiative of the Commonwealth, State and Territory Governments, Commonwealth of Australia.
Link-Gordon, Dixie and Mason, Belinda 2019, Breaking Silent Codes, Ligare, Sydney.
McCalman, Janya, Bridge, Francesca, Whiteside, Mary, Bainbridge, Roxanne, Tsey, Komla and Jongen, Crystal 2014, ‘Responding to Indigenous Australian Sexual Assault: A Systematic Review of the Literature ‘, Sage Open, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 1-13.
United Nations Development Programme 2018, Ground-breaking UN initiative prevents violence against women and girls across Asia-Pacific, press release, UNDP Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, New York, 5 March.