- Around 70% of women worldwide in their lifetime are the victims of violence in one form or another.
- Women between the ages of 15 and 44 are at a higher risk of being victims of rape or physical abuse than suffering from cancer and malaria, involved in car accidents or war.
- The most common form of violence inflicted on women is that committed by their partner. In the United States, for example, one third of murdered women annually are killed by their partners. In South Africa, a woman is killed by an intimate partner every six hours.
- It is estimated that more than 60 million girls worldwide are married off before the age of 18. Forcing young girls into marriage is still a common phenomenon worldwide.
- Between 20,000 and 50,000 women were subjected to rape and sexual violence in the conflict that took place in Bosnia in the early 1990s. In 1994, the genocide in Rwanda came with the abuse of 250,000 to 500,000 women. More than 60% of HIV-positive youths between the ages of 15 and 24 are women. The sexual abuse of women during times of conflict has become a tactic of war in many parts of the world and continues to be reported in areas of conflict.
- 80% of victims of human trafficking are women.
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