Gender Violence
Indigenous women are more likely to experience violence from this group of people.
Who are family members or intimate partners?
Homicide rates among Indigenous people are higher in this geographic area.
What are remote areas?
Violence in Indigenous communities is often linked to this widespread historical factor.
What is colonization?
Indigenous women in Australia are at a higher risk for this type of fatal violence.
What is intimate partner homicide?
Violence often leads to higher rates of this mental health condition in Indigenous communities.
What is PTSD?
This group is most likely to experience sexual violence.
Who are young women?
In Indigenous murders, this relationship is often the most common between victim and killer.
What is intimate partner?
The abuse of this substance is a significant contributing factor to violence in Indigenous communities.
What is alcohol?
In some Australian states, Indigenous women make up over half of this type of victim.
What are domestic violence victims?
Children exposed to violence in Indigenous families are more likely to experience this as adults.
What is violent behavior?
Indigenous women experience this type of violence at significantly higher rates than non-Indigenous women.
What is family violence?
Murder rates in Indigenous communities are linked to this underlying social factor.
What is generational trauma?
The forced removal of Indigenous children under this historical policy has had long term links to family violence.
What is the Stolen Generations policy?
This specific factor contributes to the vulnerability of Indigenous women to violence in remote areas.
What is limited access to services?
Indigenous women experiencing violence often face barriers to accessing these kinds of essential services.
What is counseling or therapy?
Indigenous women are this many times more likely to go to hospital due to assault compared to non Indigenous women.
What is 32 times?
Indigenous people are this many times more likely to be victims of murder than non-Indigenous Australians.
What is six times?
This social issue, involving limited access to resources and services, increases rates of violence in Indigenous communities.
What is poverty?
Indigenous women are less likely to report violence due to fear of this.
What is discrimination?
Violence and trauma are significant contributors to this gap between Indigenous and non Indigenous people.
What is the life expectancy gap?
How much more likely for Indigenous women to experience physical violence compared to non-Indigenous women.
What is three times more likely?
The rate of murder involving Indigenous women compared to non-Indigenous females is this many times more likely.
What is 11 times?
This kind of trauma, passed down through generations, is a key contributor to violence in Indigenous families.
What is intergenerational trauma?
This national crisis refers to the high rates of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Australia.
What is the Indigenous women's safety crisis?
Ongoing violence in communities disrupts this important aspect of Indigenous culture.
What are family and community connections?