'Phenomenal' Rates of Violence Against Indigenous Women

‘Phenomenal’ rates of violence against Indigenous women

It’s well known that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women experience domestic and family violence at disproportionate rates. But the harrowing statistics never cease to shock Tanya Frazer, the manager at Integrated and Family Youth Services on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. “First Nations women are 32 times more likely to be hospitalised for domestic and family violence … and are ten times more likely to die due to an assault – that’s pheno…

'Phenomenal' rates of violence against Indigenous women

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