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UN Women - ending violence against women

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When women are poor, their rights are not protected. They face obstacles that may be extraordinarily difficult to overcome. This results in deprivation in their own lives and losses for the broader society and economy, as women's productivity is well known as one of the greatest generators of economic dynamism.

While both men and women suffer in poverty, gender discrimination means that women have far fewer resources to cope. They are likely to be the last to eat, the ones least likely to access healthcare, and routinely trapped in time-consuming, unpaid domestic tasks. They have more limited options to work or build businesses. Adequate education may lie out of reach. Some end up forced into sexual exploitation as part of a basic struggle to survive.

And while women at large have not yet achieved an equal political voice, women in poverty face extra marginalisation. Their voices are rarely heard, for example, in decisions on managing an economy, or sharing benefits and costs.

To address such issues, UN Women runs programs to empower women economically and help lift them out of poverty. Investing in women's economic empowerment leads to greater equality, poverty reduction and inclusive economic growth. Women make enormous contributions to economies, whether in businesses, on farms, as entrepreneurs or employees, or by doing unpaid care work at home.
UN Women is working to increase women's incomes and secure their access to decent employment. We support economic empowerment through grassroots organisations that:

Promote women's entrepreneurship and business ownership, with access to loans, capital and financial markets;

Build women's assets , by providing women's access to land rights and property ownership;

Improve women's financial literacy;

Provide better jobs for women and improve their wages, working conditions and benefits.

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Ending poverty | Our Work | UN Women Australia

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When women are poor, their rights are not protected. They face obstacles that may be extraordinarily difficult to overcome. This results in deprivation in their own lives and losses for the broader society and economy, as women's productivity is well known as one of the greatest generators of economic dynamism.

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Not an internet campaign. But an ad campaign re: violence against women

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Violence Against Women - Australia Says No

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Dove Real Beauty Campaign - Uncovering the use of photoshop.

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Dove Real Beauty Campaign - Real Beauty Sketches

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One example of an Internet Campaign. This was done in 2012 by UN Women and focuses on sexism and discrimination.

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In today's modern age, it's almost unthinkable to consider gender inequality as a persisting issue. UN Women however, sees that despite decades of global advancement, discrimination against women is still rampant worldwide. We needed to lay this bare to audiences in both developed and developing societies, in the effort to reignite a conversation everyone thought was resolved.

Using Google's autocomplete function, fed by over 6 billion searches daily, we held up a mirror to the world and exposed the hidden truth on gender bias that still prevails today. The shocking search results became the faces of our integrated campaign, driving men and women to debate the topic on social media, TV talk shows, radio stations, blogs, PR summits and in classrooms worldwide. Through the campaign hashtag (#womenshould), we transformed the globe into one enormous UN forum for the people, paving the way for real change.

Results

The Most Shared Ad of 2013 (Adweek). Social Good Campaign of 2013 (Ad Council). The campaign reached 1.2 Billion Global Impressions with over 224 Million Twitter Impressions. More than just mass media coverage in every continent (BBC, The Guardian, Time, Huffington Post, CNN, Times of India, Metro Sweden, Folha de Sao Paulo and countless more) it drove men and women to debate the topic on social media, TV shows, radio stations, blogs, PR summits and in classrooms worldwide, transforming established media channels into one collective forum for debate on gender equality. With a few simple facts, our integrated campaign made people rethink the state of gender equality today and helped put back the topic on the global agenda.

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In today's modern age, it's almost unthinkable to consider gender inequality as a persisting issue. UN Women however, sees that despite decades of global advancement, discrimination against women is still rampant worldwide. We needed to lay this bare to audiences in both developed and developing societies, in the effort to reignite a conversation everyone thought was resolved.

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PowerPoint Presentation

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Stephan Winter/4533.0 -  Directory of Family and Domestic Violence Statistics, 2013 

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Stephan Winter/4533.0 -  Directory of Family and Domestic Violence Statistics, 2013 

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Various Reporting of Domestic Reporting

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INTRODUCTION

Formerly: Directory of Family and Domestic Violence Statistics, 2013

Family, domestic, and sexual violence is a community-wide issue that requires a whole-of-government response. In the current policy environment, the Australian Federal Government takes the lead in developing national approaches to family and domestic violence policy, while state and territory governments have a broad set of responsibilities across a number of sectors, including crime and justice, crime prevention and behaviour change, public health, child protection, and family and domestic violence services. As such, there is a wide range of data sources available across Australia relating to family and domestic violence.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) Directory of Family, Domestic, and Sexual Violence Statistics (the Directory) aims to improve awareness and utilisation of family, domestic, and sexual violence data collected by or on behalf of Australian governments, by providing a single repository of publicly available data sources.

Since the previous issue of the Directory (released in 2013), there have been changes to the policy and information environment surrounding family and domestic violence. As a result, the 2018 release of the Directory provides an updated and expanded repository of information. Furthermore, the 2018 Directory includes information about sexual violence data sources for the first time.

The ABS acknowledges the support of the Department of Social Services (DSS), who provided funding for the ABS to undertake the 2018 update of the Directory under the auspices of the National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and their Children 2010-2022 (the National Plan). The ABS would also like to acknowledge the collaboration and assistance provided by the agencies and organisations that contributed to the update of the Directory.

Further information about family and domestic violence services delivered by the Federal and state and territory governments is outlined in The National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children 2010-2022.

EXPANSION OF THE DIRECTORY

In accordance with the statistical objectives of the National Plan, the scope of the 2018 edition of the Directory has been expanded to include sexual violence data sources.

In addition, thematically focused pages have been incorporated, including:

an organisations and agencies page, containing information about selected research organisations and agencies that produce regular statistical outputs and research on the topics of family, domestic, and sexual violence;

a service-provider page, containing information about family, domestic, and sexual violence support services (e.g. helplines, legal services, crisis services, counselling services) that publish statistics about their service activities; and

a family and domestic homicide page, containing information about sources of family and domestic homicide data.

These pages can be found under the 'Additional Family, Domestic, and Sexual Violence Data Sources' heading in the navigation menu.

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4533.0 - Directory of Family, Domestic, and Sexual Violence Statistics, 2018

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INTRODUCTION Formerly: Directory of Family and Domestic Violence Statistics, 2013 Family, domestic, and sexual violence is a community-wide issue that requires a whole-of-government response.

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Current local initiative news

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GIPPSLAND MHR Darren Chester has challenged Gippsland men to take on leadership roles in helping to prevent violence against women.

Speaking at a recent anti-violence event in Orbost, Mr Chester said violence against women was an issue for the entire community.

"In the past 12 months, I've met with the Prime Minister, Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police and women's advocates in relation to this issue," Mr Chester said.

"But this is not a political issue, it is not a police issue and it is most definitely not a women's issue we all have to take responsibility for the alarming rates of violence towards women and men need to take a leadership role in our community."

Mr Chester is a White Ribbon Day Ambassador and has urged all men to take the White Ribbon Day Oath to never commit, excuse or remain silent about violence against women.

"Taking leadership on this issue means never accepting that it is OK to verbally, physically or psychologically abuse a woman," Mr Chester said.

"The old attitudes of ignoring family violence belong in the past.

"People who are aware of domestic violence must speak up or help victims get the support they need."

Mr Chester said it was pleasing that state and federal governments and Victoria Police were pouring more resources into prevention and detection activities.

However, at the end of the day he said it was up to the community to take ownership of the issue.

"It is disturbing that an average of one woman per week is killed by their partner or ex-partner somewhere in Australia," Mr Chester said.

"It is a horrible fact that many women in our community have more to fear in their own lounge room, bedroom, or kitchen than the roughest public bar in our nation.

"We can do better and we must do better."

Those aware of domestic violence can seek help through the Women's Domestic Violence Crisis Service by phoning 1800 015 188.

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GIPPSLAND MHR Darren Chester has challenged Gippsland men to take on leadership roles in helping to prevent violence against women. Speaking at a recent anti-violence event in Orbost, Mr Chester said violence against women was an issue for the entire community.

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Stephan Winter/International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women 2014

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Stephan Winter/International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women 2014

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Two women a week are killed on average in England and Wales as a result of domestic violence

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Today, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (25 November), the United Nations has called to galvanise action to end violence against women and girls around the world.

From 25 November to 10 December, which is Human Rights Day, the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence will take place to end violations of human rights, eliminate discrimination against women and focus on the effects of inequality on poverty, combating HIV/Aids and international security.

"Everyone has a responsibility to prevent and end violence against women and girls, starting by challenging the culture of discrimination that allows it to continue," UN secretary-general Ban Ki-Moon said in a statement.

The day commemorates the Mirabal sisters, three political activists from the Dominican Republic who were assassinated in 1960, during the Rafael Trujillo dictatorship.

This year, the UNiTE to End Violence against Women campaign Orange Your Neighbourhood calls for men, women and children to tie orange ribbons, hang orange flags and organise "orange-themed" marches to raise awareness of violence against women and discuss solutions within communities.

On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, IBTimes UK looks at ten facts about domestic violence.

1. Seconds

In the time it has taken to write this sentence, a woman in the United States has been beaten or assaulted. According to domestic violence statistics, such violence occurs every nine seconds across the US.

2. Police response

In the UK, one incident of domestic violence is reported to the police every minute. In a 2013 report on police response to victims of such abuse by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) found systematic failings, such as frontline officers without the experience to spot dangerous patterns of behaviour.

3. Deaths

On average, two women are killed every week in England and Wales. In February 2014, police assessments obtained by the Guardian revealed that more than 10,000 women and children in Britain are at high risk of violent death in the home, or of suffering serious violence, in the year leading to November.

4. Repeat victimisation

Domestic violence has the highest rate of repeat victimisation than any other type of crime, according to the British Crime Survey. One in four women experience domestic violence over their lifetimes and between six and 10% of women suffer such abuse in a given year, according to Women's Aid.

5. Children affected

In 90% of domestic violence incidents in family households, children were in the same or the next room. Children who witness domestic violence can experience depression, fear, anxiety and face having difficult relationships in the future.

Witnessing violence between parents or caretakers is a strong risk factor for passing violent behaviour from one generation to the next.

6. Under-reported cases

On average, a woman is assaulted 35 times before her first call to the police. In a YouGov poll of 2,244 women for ITV show Loose Women, 37% said they have experienced threatening behaviour, physical or emotional abuse behind closed doors.

The poll found that 35% of women said they would not want anyone to know about the abuse, while 43% did not think it was serious enough to get others involved.

7. Children abused

Research by the children's charity NSPCC found that in over 50% of domestic violence cases, children were also directly abused. According to Women's Aid, a high proportion of children living with domestic violence are themselves physically or sexually abused.

8. Health

Around 30% of domestic violence either starts or will intensify during pregnancy, according to a UK Department of Health report, resulting in a greater risk of miscarriage, pre-term labour and injury or death of the foetus.

9. Cost to society

In 2009, Sylvia Walby from the University of Leeds estimated that the total cost of domestic violence per year is £15.7bn. This is broken down into costs to services such as the criminal justice system, health, social services and housing and the loss to the economy - where women take time off work due to injury.

The research suggested the human and emotional costs of domestic violence amounts to almost £10bn per year.

10. Emotional abuse

Around 60% of domestic violence victims meet the diagnostic criteria for depression, either during or after termination of the abusive relationship. They also have an increased risk of suicide. Victims often experience anxiety disorders, as well as post-traumatic stress disorder.

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International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women 2014: 10 Facts About Domestic Violence

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Today, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (25 November), the United Nations has called to galvanise action to end violence against women and girls around the world.