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ABC News
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Health
political reporters Dana Morse and Matthew Doran

Women experience sexual violence at greater rates than previously thought, new Australian report finds

New research has found more than half of Australian women in their 20s have experienced sexual violence, with fears the rates of abuse across the population are far higher than previously thought.

The study from Australia's National Research Organisation for Women's Safety (ANROWS) also found a third of women in their 40s, and a quarter of women aged between 68 and 73 have experienced sexual violence at some stage during their lives.

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