Australians’ attitudes to violence against women and gender equality
While Australians’ attitudes to violence against women and gender equality are improving, there are some concerning trends.
Many people’s knowledge and attitudes to violence against women are out of step with the evidence, and with women’s experiences.
It’s concerning that a substantial minority mistrust women’s reports of violence, and feel the problem of gender inequality is exaggerated. We need to do more to change these attitudes.
Our attitudes to sexual consent are concerning. We need to focus on the abusive behaviour, not women’s choices.
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What is NCAS
The periodic National Community Attitudes towards Violence against Women Survey, or NCAS, tells us how people understand violence against women, their attitudes towards it, what influences their attitudes, and if there has been a change over time. It also gauges attitudes to gender equality and people’s preparedness to intervene when witnessing violence or its precursors.
Download the NCAS summary report
The National Community Attitudes towards Violence against Women and Gender Equality Survey
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calls to domestic abuse lines from men spike after high profile cases of violence against women. @NTVorg says it’s seen a 25% increase in calls to the men’s referral service since hannah clarke’s murder, with many men citing the case as a motivating factor for seeking help
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"Mental health inpatient units should be safe and healing places. But we’ve found women staying in these units are being threatened, harassed and sexually and physically assaulted by men."
https://theconversation.com/they-wouldnt-let-me-call-anybody-women-in-mental-health-wards-need-better-protection-from-sexual-assault-131998
Fear, worry, powerless, and sadness are common feelings reported in this review of children's experiences of #domesticviolence and #familyviolence https://bit.ly/2w3Mo0o
"It’s somewhere that you’re meant to be safe but there is a real risk of not being safe and to be exposed to violence." Important research by Dr Juliet Watson @chrismaylea & @nicholashill79 for @ANROWS https://twitter.com/ConversationEDU/status/1232410438710722560
Women are not only unsafe within intimate relationships. Our article in @ConversationEDU reveals how women are also vulnerable within organisations and institutions that are purportedly therapeutic and caring spaces. https://bit.ly/32oKGTu
@ANROWS @Feministingoz @chrismaylea
CbyC team in #Brisbane learning more from @HealingOurWay & @ANROWS re ‘What it means and what it takes to be a trauma informed service’ thanks Penny Gordon
A momentous day for women everywhere. #MeToo did not start, nor does it end, with #Weinstein, but his conviction is a step towards achieving universal workplace equality and respect, and ending violence against women. #EVAW #WER https://twitter.com/Kate_Jenkins_/status/1232032448306794496
"Our women experience violence from men from many cultures and backgrounds. This is not an Aboriginal problem," @BraybrookA
#wearenotheproblem #wehavethesolutions https://twitter.com/ABCthedrum/status/1231711270002278400
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@ANROWS @ANROWSCEO @NTVorg we are in full agreement with this. Let's get this on the agenda for the national summit. Albanese on Insiders now calling for the same thing #pvaw #mvaw
"Legal centres in [Victoria's] fire-ravaged east [are] 'readying for a rise' in family violence matters, with staff already responding to cases where perpetrators had inadvertently come into contact with victims in evacuation hubs"
#vicfires #bushfires
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-24/domestic-violence-anticipated-spike-bushfires-crisis/11980112
So pleased to see our article 'Justice perspectives of women with disability: An Australian story' published in International Review of Victimology. Based on data collected in @ANROWS project (https://bit.ly/2HBbSF1) 'Women, Disability and Violence' https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0269758020906270
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