Healthy Living

Kids are not to blame for violence at home, it's not your fault and it's not a special secret...

Family violence can have an enormous impact on the health of women and their children...

Family violence can be physical, sexual, psychological, emotional, economic, spiritual or legal abuse. All family violence is illegal and unacceptable...

All forms of family violence (also called domestic violence) are illegal and unacceptable in Australia. But for women from culturally diverse backgrounds, the situation is complex...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women experience both far higher rates and more severe forms of family violence compared to other women...

Women with disabilities are more vulnerable to abuse and are more likely to experience violence...

Within Australia, intimate partner violence is the most common form of family violence. Evidence presented to the Royal Commission into Family Violence suggests intimate partner violence is as...

Traditional strategies for escaping abuse are often of little use to a woman who has restricted mobility or who depends on her abuser for care...

Children exposed to domestic violence are more likely to experience emotional and behavioural problems...