Global and regional estimates of violence against women

Prevalence and health effects of intimate partner violence and non-partner sexual violence

Overview

The report presents the first global systematic review of scientific data on the prevalence of two forms of violence against women: violence by an intimate partner (intimate partner violence) and sexual violence by someone other than a partner (non-partner sexual violence). It shows, for the first time, global and regional estimates of the prevalence of these two forms of violence, using data from around the world. Previous reporting on violence against women has not differentiated between partner and non-partner violence.


NEW ESTIMATES:  Violence Against Women Prevalence Estimates, 2018 (Published in May 2021)


 

Editors
WHO, Department of Reproductive Health and Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, South African Medical Research Council
Number of pages
51
Reference numbers
ISBN: 978 92 4 156462 5
Copyright
World Health Organization, 2013 - All rights reserved.