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Research

Our research

Violence against women and children affects everybody. It impacts on the health, wellbeing and safety of a significant proportion of Australians throughout all states and territories and places an enormous burden on the nation’s economy across family and community services, health and hospitals, income-support and criminal justice systems.

KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER

News and events

ANROWS hosts events as part of its knowledge transfer and exchange work, including public lectures, workshops and research launches. Details of upcoming ANROWS activities and news are available from the list on the right.

ANROWS

About ANROWS

ANROWS was established by the Commonwealth and all state and territory governments of Australia to produce, disseminate and assist in applying evidence for policy and practice addressing violence against women and children.

KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER

Resources

To support the take-up of evidence, ANROWS offers a range of resources developed from research to support practitioners and policy-makers in delivering evidence-based interventions.


FACT SHEET

Fast facts: Indigenous family violence

This resource provides a brief overview of key facts about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ experiences of family violence. It will be useful for policymakers and service designers to inform their decision-making. 

This fact sheet provides fast facts with context by drawing upon some of the contributing factors to the high representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in statistics of intimate partner and family violence. It can be used to inform decisions relating to practice design and policy development, to ensure that services are responding to the evidence-based needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

This resource will answer the following questions:

  • What are some of the contributing factors to the high representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in family violence statistics?
  • What does the evidence tell us about the rates of intimate partner and sexual violence for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women?
  • What does the evidence tell us about the rates of hospitalisation for violence-related injuries for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples?
  • What does the evidence tell us about the rates of homicide for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women?

 

 

Suggested citation

Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety. (n.d.). Fast facts: Indigenous family violence. ANROWS.

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