In Fiji, for instance, estimates show that the cost of domestic violence was equivalent to about 7 per cent of GDP in 20027 Australia estimates that violence against women and children incurred a financial cost of AS 13.6 billion in 2008/09. Impunity in the violation of women's and girls' human rights is, however, evident in the absence or limited amount of legislative protection against, for example, sexual harassment, domestic violence and/or rape in some countries in the region, including Afghanistan, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Indonesia, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Thailand,Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. As indicated in the figure, country-level data/ spanning the period 2005-2013, indicate relatively higher rates of marriage or union before the age of 18 years among women and girls in South and South-West Asia as compared with other subregions. In Bangladesh, for example, 65 per cent of women/ girls were married before they reached 18 years of age, with approximately one third being married before reaching 15 years of age.