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The long history of gender violence in Australia, and why it matters today
In 2015, the Australian federal government proclaimed that violence against women had become a national crisis.
Despite widespread social and economic advances in the status of women since the 1970s, including growing awareness and action around gender violence, its prevalence remains alarming.
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- The Conversation
Australian Bureau of Statistics data shows that a third of all women in Australia have been assaulted physically and a fifth of all women have been assaulted sexually. In 2016, nearly a fifth of adult women also reported they had been sexually harassed in the…