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...
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 ...
Against Women Act into law within theViolent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act.It must be renewed every five years. The law also establishes the Violence Against Women Policy Office and the Violence Against Women Grants Office (now the Department of Justice Office of Violence Against Women)....
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 ...
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...
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...
SUVA, June 29 (Xinhua) -- Fiji has one of the highest statistics in the world on domestic violence, a Fijian government official warned on Friday. According to Fijivillage website, the warning was issued by Fiji's Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation Mereseini Vuniwaqa while...