Family Violence
Eliminating Family Violence

The Australian Public Health Association defines family violence using a comprehensive approach thus:
- Physical Abuse: This involves causing the pain to someone physically or inflicting injuries that will affect the person directly. This can be a denial of sleep or needed medicine. It can be sexual assault or violence to properties.
- Verbal Abuse: whether in private or public, verbal abuse involves the saying of deeply hurtful words to another person. This can be words of subjugating or a threat of death to another person.
- Economic Abuse: one may not know, but there is also an economical form of abuse, where a person denies another of basic necessities or unjustifiably seizes assets. Denial of necessities is a form of economic abuse.
- Social Abuse: this involves the deprivation of liberty and preventing someone from enjoying their rights of freedom. By deliberately creating a situation of dependence to hurt another person’s right, social abuse occurs.
How Common Is Family Violence In Australia?
Estimations now have it that family violence is prevalent in Australia. The problem is endemic, with women often suffering a whole lot as a result of the violence. Figures reveal that women are eight times more likely to be a victim of family violence in Australia. In the same manner, women also suffer a great deal from their male partners due to family violence. Further evidence shows that women are often admitted more to emergency departments in hospitals. This goes to show the rate at which family violence is predominant in Australia and how women suffer a lot with regard to this. There is a pressing need to address the issue and provide adequate channels to report incidences and protect victims of family violence.
Safety is an important part of existence. There must be adequate protection, which is a job of the government, as well as the communities. Through a collaborative effort, family violence can be dealt a great blow and those found wanting can be brought to justice. The aim of our initiatives is to ensure a society free from violence and where people can have rights without them being threatened by anyone.



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