Violence against women is a worldwide problem with devastating personal, social, and economic consequences. Here are some stunning facts about the impact of domestic and family violence:

Half of all women who were killed in 2012 were murdered by an intimate partner or family member
At least one out of three (35%) women have experienced physical and/or sexual violence, either with a partner or non-partner. Some estimates put the proportion women who’ve experienced intimate partner sexual violence at 70%
Approximately 86% of violence against women in European countries goes unreported
Sexual harrassment — another form of violence against women — is common in Europe and the United States. Nearly half of all women in European countries experience unwanted sexual advances, physical contact, or other forms of sexual harrassment at work. And 83% of high school girls in the United States report experiencing some sort of sexual harassment
In the United States, more than 1 out of 10 new HIV infections among women 20 years of age and older can be attributed to intimate partner violence

[1] World Health Organization, Global and Regional Estimates of Violence against Women, http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/85239/1/9789241564625_eng.pdf, p. 2. For individual country information, see full compilation of data in UN Women, 2012, Violence against Women Prevalence Data: Surveys by Country.

[2] UNODC Global Study on Homicide: 2013 http://www.unodc.org/documents/gsh/pdfs/2014_GLOBAL_HOMICIDE_BOOK_web.pdf ,

[3] Violence against women: an EU-wide survey, European Union, 2014, Foreword, p. 3.

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SecAccording to a 2013 global review of available data, 35 per cent of women worldwide have experienced either physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence or non-partner sexual violence. However, some national violence studies show that up to 70 per cent of women have experienced physical and/or sexual violence in their lifetime from an intimate partner – See more at: http://www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-do/ending-violence-against-women/facts-and-figures#sthash.nCE7pGqs.dpu

[2] UNODC Global Study on Homicide: 2013 http://www.unodc.org/documents/gsh/pdfs/2014_GLOBAL_HOMICIDE_BOOK_web.pdf ,

[3] Violence against women: an EU-wide survey, European Union, 2014, Foreword, p. 3.

– See more at: http://www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-do/ending-violence-against-women/facts-and-figures#sthash.nCE7pGqs.dpuf

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