Violence against women in New Zealand

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Violence against women in New Zealand is described as the kinds of violence disproportionately affecting women compared to men, due to factors of ongoing gender inequality in society.^[1] The New Zealand government and justice system view efforts to prevent and deal with violence against women as a priority of New Zealand legislation and the criminal justice system.^[2]

Sexual offending costs the New Zealand economy approximately $1.2 billion NZD each year.^[3]

^ CEDAW General Recommendation 19 Archived 10 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine General Recommendation No. 19 (11th session, 1992), Paragraph 6.
^ Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, Seventh Periodic Report of State Parties: New Zealand, 7 January 2011, CEDAW/C/NZL/7, p.7.
^ TASV Summary Report Archived 17 January 2015 at the Wayback MachineTe Toiora Mata Tauherenga: Report of the Taskforce for Action on Sexual Violence – Summary, Ministry of Justice, 2009, p.2