UNICEF presented a survey to many countries on how many cases of domestic violence has been recorded. They have a range of numbers but I am showing the highest amount for each country. This graph shows that there are many cases of domestic violence in each county. Australia might not look like it has many cases, well it doesn't compared to India, but the highest amount of cases per year in Australia is 640 000. That's a lot. At the highest New Zealand has is 35 000. That is so little compared to Australia. We can bring this number down by calling the domestic violence hotline if you are in an abusing relationship that affects you or your kids.
The newspaper ' The Huffington Post' researches a and found this information. It says that 85% of all domestic violence abusers are male and 15% are female. This is probably because males in general are more aggressive than females. Another reason could be that men are generally more stronger than women so then women couldn't really fight back. This could teach children about gender inequality and that men are always the boss. I thought that gender inequality was old but now it is here nearly as much as the 1800s. It shouldn't be this way.
'The Huffington Post' presented a survey on victims of domestic violence and these were the results. 85% are female and 15% are male. These results were probably predictable from the graph above because of the abusers. This is different because abuse can happen in gay relationships too. Child victims are not on there because I was just showing parental victims but children are probably affected just as much as the victim. These results show that most of the victims are female.
This graph shows that 20% of all children living in Australia experience living with domestic violence. Although, 90% of these are eyewitnesses or hearing it. Only 10% are actually experiencing it. But seeing and hearing it can affect the child too. The good thing is that most of Australia's kids' do not experience domestic violence. We can bring this number down and let kids have a bright future, not one with violence.