Australian Human Rights Commission Information for List of Issues on Australia, 29 September 2017  When employed, women are more likely to work in part-time or casual roles than men. Women comprise 40.7% of full-time employees, while men comprise 69.1%.9  Women continue to be under-represented in leadership and board positions.10 3 Violence against women and girls and their health and wellbeing (concluding observations paras 28–29 and CEDAW Articles 1–4, 12 and 16) 3.1 Family and domestic violence 8. Family and domestic violence (FDV) in Australia remains endemic and continues to negatively affect the realisation of gender equality. 9. The Commission commends efforts made to address violence against women and girls under the National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children 2010–22 (the National Plan),11 and additional funding committed in 2015 to both prevention and response measures and services. 12 10. The Commission is concerned about the lack of Australia-wide data on FDV related deaths. The Commission has highlighted the importance of the FDV death review process and welcomes the Government’s funding to examine measures to ensure national coherence and collection of data on FDV deaths.13 11. The intersection of gender with other forms of inequality results in women with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, lesbian, bisexual, trans and intersex women, and women from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds experiencing higher rates of FDV and additional barriers to seeking help and support.14 Issues for consideration in the LOI:  Information on steps taken by the Australian Government to strengthen national FDV data collection and reporting mechanisms.  Information on specific research undertaken to understand the nature and prevalence of FDV, sexual assault and sexual harassment for women and girls experiencing intersectional discrimination, and specific actions to explicitly address those intersectional causes. 3.2 12. Violence against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women (concluding observations paras 40–41 and CEDAW Articles 1 and 16) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women are at higher risk of violence, compared to the general population.15 They are hospitalised for family violence-related assault at 30 times the rate of non-Indigenous women.16 4