Domestic violence is a social and legal concept that, in the broadest sense, refers to any abuse—including physical, emotional, sexual, or financial—between intimate partners, often living in the same household.
Fact #1: 18.3 % of women in the United States have survived a completed or attempted rape. Of these, 12.3% were younger than age 12 when they were first raped, and 29.9% were between the ages of 11 an...Domestic Violence StatisticsPoetry...
It took me fewer than 5 minutes of internet research to find this very recent Trinidad government report recognizing that gender-based violence is an endemic and well-documented problem that disproportionately affects women and girls in Trinidad. While the report sets forth an “aspirational multi-ye...
You may have heard that one out of every four women— and one out of every seven men — has been a victim of severe physical violence from a partner. These stats are so staggeringly high, they’re almost incomprehensible — especially when you apply them to your group of friends in a ...
Unfortunately most countries do not keep homicide–suicide statistics, making it difficult to assess prevalence rates globally (Eliason, 2009). Associated risk factors The most frequent associated factors for domestic violence in older couples are alcohol consumption, depression, low-income created ...
Migrant workers have a high employment rate, but they work long hours in low-skilled, low-wage work, are exposed to non-payment or delayed payment of wages and physical and verbal violence, and their labor rights are greatly restricted. They cannot bring their families, and their opportunities...
A record 88,619 domestic violence complaints were received by police in 2023, including about 30 percent in which men said they were the victims, National Police Agency statistics showed on March 28. The overall figure was up by 4.9 percent from 2022 and marked the 20th straight year of incr...
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Reports of abuse of MDWs working in Singapore were present in national news where MDWs reported to emotional abuse, violence, intimidation, and invasion of privacy (Strangio, 2022). The presence of relatively large numbers of MDWs and the absence of protective regulations placed the Singaporean ...
Domestic Violence Shutterstock CNN— Here’s a look at information and statistics concerning domestic (intimate partner) violence. According to theCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, intimate partner violence includes victimization by current and former spouses or current and former dating partners...