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Four women died allegedly at the hands of their male partners in the Northern Territory this year. Two have been girls under the age of 18. Domestic violence services say domestic and sexual violence among young people is a growing area of concern with young women in the bush most at risk.

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00:02In July, the remote community of Galawinku was rocked by the alleged murder of a 17-year-old girl.
00:09Three months later, another tragedy, this time in Alparulam, with the death of a 16-year-old girl.
00:16Both teenagers were allegedly killed at the hands of their older male partners.
00:21What an absolute tragedy that this has happened to, you know, any woman and any young girl.
00:28It gets a big lesson for us to know how to recognise and respond to violence against women and girls,
00:37no matter what age they are.
00:38In the last six months, police laid 233 domestic violence-related charges against people under 18.
00:47The most common charge was serious assault, followed by choking, strangulation or suffocation and making threats to kill.
00:54Other charges included distributing intimate images, recording intimate images without consent, endangering serious harm and sexual intercourse without consent.
01:06This service in Catherine is seeing an uptick in the number of girls and young women reaching out for help.
01:11We're definitely seeing an increase in threats that young women are receiving for sharing intimate videos or photos of them
01:22as a way of control.
01:24Experts say it's women in the most isolated parts of the territory, where access to help is limited, who are
01:31at the greatest risk of falling through the cracks.
01:35Service providers say age-appropriate services are missing from the domestic violence response nationally.
01:41We know this from the National Domestic and Family Violence Plan.
01:45It's geared towards adult women and their children.
01:48And there's a massive gap for children and young people who experience domestic and family violence without a caregiver.
01:56An emerging area of concern in a territory already facing a domestic violence crisis.
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