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Australia’s sexual assault shame: One in six women a victim, putting Australia way ab
Australia’s sexual assault shame: One in six women a victim, putting Australia way above world average
AUSTRALIAN women are being sexually assaulted at twice the rate of women worldwide.Despite our greater gender equality, we rank third after the war-torn Congo and the southern African nations of Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe for rates of sexual assault against women.One in six Australian women have been the victim of a sexual assault by a non-partner, compared to one in 14 women around the world, a new study shows.When sexual assaults by partners are included more than one in five — or 2.3 million —GANG-RAPE VICTIM ‘KNEW ATTACKERS’Australian women aged over 15 are victims of rape, according to the NSW Rape Crisis Centre.A major review of sexual assaults by someone other than a partner published in The Lancet was prompted by recent highly publicised rapes and murders of young women in India.“Findings indicated that rapes by strangers are more violent and have higher risk of involvement of weapons and injury than those by known perpetrators,” the study found.The research reviewed more than 7,000 studies on sexual assault from around the world
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AUSTRALIAN women are being sexually assaulted at twice the rate of women worldwide.Despite our greater gender equality, we rank third after the war-torn Congo and the southern African nations of Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe for rates of sexual assault against women.One in six Australian women have been the victim of a sexual assault by a non-partner, compared to one in 14 women around the world, a new study shows.When sexual assaults by partners are included more than one in five — or 2.3 million —GANG-RAPE VICTIM ‘KNEW ATTACKERS’Australian women aged over 15 are victims of rape, according to the NSW Rape Crisis Centre.A major review of sexual assaults by someone other than a partner published in The Lancet was prompted by recent highly publicised rapes and murders of young women in India.“Findings indicated that rapes by strangers are more violent and have higher risk of involvement of weapons and injury than those by known perpetrators,” the study found.The research reviewed more than 7,000 studies on sexual assault from around the world
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