The statistics about those who are affected by intimate partner violence are staggering; domestic abuse affects 3%-5% of current adult relationships in the United States, including more than 2 million women. Despite this issue disproportionately affecting women, the myth that violence against men does...
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 Statistics...
As Domestic Violence Awareness Month comes to an end, discussions about intimate partner abuse and its horrible repercussions should not. In an attempt to illustrate the gravity of abuse all genders (but largely women) face in the U.S., we rounded up 30 statistics on domestic violence. Domesti...
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE For the past few decades, domestic violence has increasingly been identified as a workplace concern because it is well-documented and the prevalence of violence, particularly against women, has been widely established (Statistics Canada, 2007). It is the duty of a workplace to ...
Statistics show that violence in families is still widespread. Although it can take various forms, it may start with name calling or belittling. In some countries, even 80 per cent of women experience abuse and domestic violence. In Europe, some 30 per cent of women are subjected to violence...
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 ...
000 in 1993. Statistics regarding domestic violence against men have been in dispute for several years. Straus and Gelles reported that men were as likely to endure domestic assault as women, but that women were far more likely to be injured. Domestic-violence activists dispute the notion that ...
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...
"Fiji has one of the highest statistics in the world on domestic violence that has pushed us as a nation to address domestic violence as a matter of national importance across all sectors," the minister said. Vuniwaqa also pointed out that the health challenges for women and children remain...