49 women have been killed in Australia so far in 2023 as a result of violence. Are we actually making any progress?

By Anastasia Powell, Professor, Family & Sexual Violence, RMIT University
Jacqui True, FASSA FAIIA Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence against Women (CEVAW), Monash University
Kristin Diemer, Associate Professor of Sociology, The University of Melbourne
Kyllie Cripps, Director Monash Indigenous Studies Centre, CI ARC Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence against Women (CEVAW), School of Philosophical, Historical & International Studies (SOPHIS), School of Social Sciences (SOSS), Faculty of Arts, Monash University

While it can feel like little progress is being made to stop women being killed by their partners or ex-partners, the data show a steady decline in recent years.

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