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What is the context of the Y-PEP program?
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48% of young people under the age of 15 have witnessed or heard domestic abuse
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Since the age of 15 one in three Australian women and one in two men have experienced physical violence
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2/3 of teenagers have experienced or know someone who has been affected by online bullying
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Family violence mostly affects women and children
Did you know that;
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One in three children in Australia have concerns about their safety at school?
(ChildFund Alliance Survey 2016)
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Domestic and family violence affects children’s physical and mental well-being, development and schooling, and is the leading cause of children’s homelessness in Australia?
(Australian Government, children's exposure to domestic and family violence)
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Emotional abuse was the most common type of child maltreatment in Australia during 2014-15 with 43% of reported harms?
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(Australian Government, Child Abuse & Neglect Statistics)
Figure 1: Percentage breakdown of most common types of report of harm from child maltreatment ( Source: AIHW 2016, p.76)
