Violence against women ‘leading cause of health problems’
Reported December 11, 2007
The health promotion organisation says more than half of all women are either physically or sexually abused at some stage in their lifetime.
The campaign will be taken to primary schools, to help build respectful relationships between boys and girls.
VicHealth will also be working with workplaces and the Australian Football League (AFL).
VicHealth chief executive officer Todd Harper says male violence leads to huge community health problems.
“For women aged 15-to-44 there’s nothing bigger, and I think that’s staggering in a society today that we still have this violence against women which is a crime, being the biggest cause of health problems for women aged 15-to-44,” he said.