ANROWS research contributes to the shared vision to end gender-based violence in one generation of the National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022–2032 (the National Plan 2022–2032) and the six National Outcomes of the National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children 2010–2022 (the National Plan 2010–2022). [...] It includes both the redistribution of resources and responsibilities between men and women Gender equality and the transformation of the underlying causes and structures of gender inequality to achieve substantive equality. [...] The findings of the 2021 NCAS for all Australians demonstrate gradual improvements in community understanding and attitudes regarding gender inequality and violence against women, suggesting encouraging progress towards the achievement of a community that offers equal opportunities to women and is safe and free from violence against women. [...] The report aims to the Understanding of Violence against Women Scale inform violence prevention initiatives with people from (UVAWS), which measures recognition of problematic N-MESCs by: behaviours as violence and understanding of the gendered nature of violence against women benchmarking understanding and attitudes the Attitudes towards Gender Inequality Scale (AGIS), regarding violence again. [...] The introduction and implications chapters calculate the mean level of understanding of violence (Chapters 1 and 9) provide greater discussion of the against women and rejection of problematic attitudes.
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- Figure 1-1: The socioecological model of violence against women 34
- Figure 8-1: “Advanced” understanding of violence against women and rejection of problematic attitudes, 2021 76
- Figure 6-2: Sexual consent scenario (AVAWS Objectify Women Subscale items), acquaintance variation, respondents born in N-MESCs, 2021 68
- Figure 6-1: Sexual consent scenario (AVAWS Objectify Women Subscale items), married couple variation, respondents born in N-MESCs, 2021 68
- Figure 5-3: Objectifying women and disregarding consent (AVAWS subscale items), respondents born in N-MESCs, 2021 65
- Figure 5-2: Mistrusting women’s reports of violence (AVAWS subscale items), respondents born in N-MESCs, 2021 64
- Figure 5-1: Minimising violence against women and shifting blame (AVAWS subscale items), respondents born in N-MESCs, 2021 63
- Figure 4-5: Undermining women’s leadership in public life (AGIS subscale items), respondents born in N-MESCs, 2021 60
- Figure 4-4: Reinforcing rigid gender roles (AGIS subscale items), respondents born in N-MESCs, 2021 60
- Figure 4-3: Normalising sexism (AGIS subscale), respondents born in N-MESCs, 2021 59
- Figure 4-1: Denying gender inequality experiences (AGIS subscale items), respondents born in N-MESCs, 2021 58
- Figure 3-5: Understanding the gendered nature of domestic violence impacts (UVAWS subscale items), respondents born in N-MESCs, 2021 56
- Figure 3-4: Understanding the gendered nature of domestic violence perpetration (UVAWS subscale items), respondents born in N-MESCs, 2021 55
- Figure 3-3: Recognising violence against women (UVAWS subscale items), respondents born in N-MESCs, 2021 54
- Figure 3-2: Recognising domestic violence (UVAWS subscale items), respondents born in N-MESCs, 2021 53
- Figure 3-1: Perception of violence against women as a problem, respondents born in N-MESCs, 2021 52
- Figure 2-1: Components of the NCAS instrument, 2021 45
- Figure 4-2: Limiting women’s personal autonomy in relationships (AGIS subscale items), respondents born in N-MESCs, 2021 59
- Foreword 6
- Figures 9
- Tables 10
- Shortened forms 11
- Data symbols and table and figure notations 13
- Key terms 14
- About this report 21
- Terminology 22
- Related 2021 NCAS reports 22
- About the NCAS 24
- 2021 NCAS 25
- Executive summary 26
- Research design and analysis 27
- Sample 28
- Key findings 28
- Implications 30
- 1 Introduction: People from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, gendered attitudes and violence against women 32
- 1.1 Violence against women is a widespread problem 32
- 1.2 Drivers of violence against women 33
- 1.3 Factors affecting risk of violence against women from CALD backgrounds 34
- 1.4 Forms and prevalence of violence against women from CALD backgrounds 36
- 1.5 Barriers to women from CALD backgrounds reporting violence and accessing support 38
- 1.6 Insights offered by measuring attitudes and understanding 39
- 1.7 Prevention of violence against women 39
- 1.8 Findings in previous NCAS reports regarding attitudes held by N-MESC communities towards violence against women 40
- 1.9 The present report 40
- 2 Research design and analysis 42
- 2.1 Aims of the 2021 NCAS 42
- 2.2 2021 NCAS instrument 43
- 2.3 Sampling 44
- 2.4 Analysis and reporting 48
- 2.5 Strengths and limitations 50
- 3 Findings: Understanding of violence against women by people born in N-MESCs 51
- 3.1 Key finding 1: Understanding of the prevalence, non-physical forms and gendered nature of violence could be further increased 52
- 4 Findings: Attitudes held by people born in N-MESCs towards gender inequality 57
- 4.1 Key finding 2: All aspects of attitudes towards gender inequality could be further improved 58
- 5 Findings: Attitudes held by people born in N-MESCs towards violence against women 61
- 5.1 Key finding 3: Attitudes that minimise violence, mistrust women and objectify women could be further addressed 62
- 6 Findings: Attitudes held by people born in N-MESCs towards different types of violence 66
- 6.1 Key finding 4: Attitudes towards all types of violence could be further improved 66
- 7 Findings: Bystander responses of people born in N-MESCs 71
- 7.1 Key finding 5: Bystander intentions depended on the context 71
- 8 Findings: Factors associated with understanding of violence against women and attitudes towards this violence and gender inequality 73
- 8.1 Key finding 6: Attitudes towards violence against women and gender inequality were strongly related 74
- 8.2 Key finding 7: Attitudes towards violence against women were modestly related to demographic factors 74
- 8.3 Key finding 8: Understanding and rejection of violence and gender inequality were lower for respondents born in N-MESCs than those born in Australia 76
- 9 Implications for policy and practice regarding people born in N-MESCs 77
- 9.1 Implications about how to design and deliver prevention initiatives to people from N-MESCs 79
- 9.2 Implications about what prevention initiatives with people from N-MESCs should focus on 81
- 10 Conclusion 94
- 11 References 96
