Young Australian women in financial hardship are twice to three times as likely to experience violence
- Written by Alice Campbell, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Life Course Centre and Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland
New research undertaken for this week’s National Summit on Women’s Safety finds violence and unwanted sexual activity are far more common among young women experiencing financial hardship than women who are not.
It comes as the federal government has denied Australians locked down and living only on benefits such as JobSeeker the sort...