Police70 and only 3 of them are prosecuted. 126 Twenty four percent of New Zealand women report having experienced sexual assault in their lifetime.71 Seventy three percent of these assaults were perpetrated by a partner, ex-partner or other family member. One in three (35.4%) everpartnered New Zealand women report having experienced physical and/or sexual Intimate Partner Violence (“IPV”) in their lifetime. When psychological/emotional abuse is included, 55% report having experienced IPV in their lifetime. 127 In 2014, Women’s Refuges received 78,161 crisis calls. 5,198 women accessed advocacy services in the community and 2,794 women and children stayed in safe houses. 128 The Commission notes that women with disabilities are much more likely to suffer from domestic violence than other women in New Zealand.72,73 129 The continuing high level of violence against women and girls remains one of New Zealand’s greatest contemporary challenges. The absence of an agreed common understanding and definition of family and sexual violence and a lack of appropriate data and indicators invariably limit the ability to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of various programmes and services.74 130 The Commission met with key civil society groups in the development of the New Zealand’s second National Plan of Action on Human Rights (“NPA”). The lack of adequate and sustainable funding for some programmes, and the absence of joined up programmes and services that are monitored and evaluated were highlighted as key concerns. 131 The Government is committed to addressing the unacceptably high level of family and sexual violence in New Zealand. In July 2015 the Government launched a comprehensive work programme that was client-focused to address duplication, fragmentation, and gaps, with a whole of Government approach. 75 In the 70 http://www.justice.govt.nz/publications/global-publications/n/new-zealand-crime-and-safety-survey2014/publications/global-publications/n/new-zealand-crime-and-safety-survey-2014/documents/nzcass-main-findingsreport 71 http://www.justice.govt.nz/publications/global-publications/n/new-zealand-crime-and-safety-survey2014/publications/global-publications/n/new-zealand-crime-and-safety-survey-2014/documents/nzcass-main-findingsreport 72 Statement by the Minister of Women’s Affairs at the launch of the publication “Domestic Violence and Disabled People” in 2011. 73 Also confirmed in Carolyn Frohmader and Therese Sands, “Fact Sheet: Violence against People with Disabilities in Institutions and Residential Settings, November 2014. http://www.pwd.org.au/documents/orgdocs/FS-ViolencePWD2014.doc (accessed 14 January 2016). 74 Reported sexual assaults only account for 1% of actual assaults. 75 https://www.national.org.nz/news/news/media-releases/detail/2015/07/29/Launch-of-new-family-violence-workprogramme Page 37 of 93 Human Rights Commission submission to the Human Rights Committee in relation to New Zealand’s 6th periodic review under the ICCPR