Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2021) Family, domestic and sexual violence service responses in the time of COVID-19, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 01 June 2023.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2021). Family, domestic and sexual violence service responses in the time of COVID-19. Canberra: AIHW.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Family, domestic and sexual violence service responses in the time of COVID-19. AIHW, 2021.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Family, domestic and sexual violence service responses in the time of COVID-19. Canberra: AIHW; 2021.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2021, Family, domestic and sexual violence service responses in the time of COVID-19, AIHW, Canberra.
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This report brings together data from a range of national sources to show how service responses to family, domestic and sexual violence changed at the onset, and during, the COVID-19 pandemic.
National data from specialist family and domestic violence services remains a key data gap
Data on FDSV service use during the pandemic show that the picture is mixed
Service use may rise and fall for a number of reasons, including changes to accessibility or availability of services
Many women reported that violence had increased during the COVID-19 pandemic
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