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AUSTRALIA - SURVEY ON NATIONAL ATTITUDES ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

07.04.10

VicHealth was commissioned by the Commonwealth Government in February 2009 to undertake a National Survey on Community Attitudes to Violence Against Women. The Australian Institute of Criminology and The Social Research Centre were key research partners.

The survey involved approximatley 13,000 men and women from across Australia. It included Indigenous Australians, people from culturally diverse communities and a sample of 16- and 17-year old respondents. The design of these components was supported by an Advisory Group to ensure the research approach was methodologically, ethically and culturally sound.

The survey establishes a contemporary baseline upon which to improve our understanding of factors leading to the formation of community attitudes on violence against women, and will help to inform the design and implementation of future prevention interventions that will address violence against women across our communities.

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National Survey on Community Attitudes to Violence Against Women: Changing cultures, changing attitudes: Summary of findings

National Survey on Community Attitudes to Violence Against Women: Project Technical Report

National Survey on Community Attitudes to Violence Against Women: Fact sheet

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http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/violence-against-women-still-a-problem-20100407-rrg3.html

AUSTRALIA - VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN A CONTINUING PROBLEM - STUDY

April 7, 2010

AAP

Australia still has a long way to go to abolish violence against women, a new survey reveals.

One in four people think women falsify or exaggerate claims of rape and domestic violence, according to the federally funded survey of more than 10,000 Australians.

And one in five think domestic violence is excusable if the attacker regrets what they have done.

Despite this, 98 per cent or respondents recognise domestic violence is a crime, up from 93 per cent in a similar 1995 survey.

VicHealth, which compiled the results, says despite the wide range of conflicting views, Australian attitudes are changing for the better.

In the 1995 survey one in seven respondents said women who were raped had asked for it, compared to one in 20 in the latest survey.

VicHealth CEO Todd Harper says efforts to improve the safety of women and change community attitudes have begun to pay off.

"However, the sheer numbers of women affected by violence, mostly committed by the men with whom they share their lives, remain horrific," he said in a statement.

"So we must do everything we can to challenge the kind of attitudes, behaviours and practices that allow violence against women to flourish."

Minister for the Status of Women Tanya Plibersek told ABC Radio there were many areas "where we (federal government) need to do a lot of work with the community to really improve attitudes towards violence against women".

Men and younger people were more likely to tolerate domestic assaults on women, the survey showed.

And it predicted that one in three women would be assaulted in their lifetime.

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