Nearly one in three women worldwide has experienced physical or sexual intimate partner violence. National records document hundreds of thousands of child abuse cases and elder mistreatment incidents annually. The compiled figures from multiple countries show consistent patterns in both reported and unreported violence.
Key Takeaways
- In the world, 1 in 5 women have experienced completed or attempted rape
- In the world, interpersonal homicide accounts for 20.6% of female homicides (2021)
- Globally, 50 million children experience severe sexual violence yearly
- Globally, nearly 1 in 3 women (736 million) have experienced physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence, sexual violence from a non-partner or both at least once in their life
- In the US, 1 in 7 women and 1 in 26 men have been stalked by an intimate partner
Interpersonal violence remains a serious issue, affecting many people and highlighting the need for prevention.
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Child Abuse30 stats
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In the world, 1 in 5 women have experienced completed or attempted rape
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In the US, 1 in 7 children experience child abuse or neglect annually (588,000 unique victims in 2021)
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Globally, up to 1 billion children aged 2–17 years have experienced physical, sexual, or emotional violence or neglect in the past year
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In the US, 1,750 children died from abuse and neglect in 2021, 78% under age 4
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In England, 52,288 children were subject to a child protection plan in 2022
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In Australia, 1 in 7 children aged 0-18 have experienced child sexual abuse
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In Canada, 50,537 children received child protection services in 2021
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In India, 1.62 lakh cases of child sexual abuse reported in 2022
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In South Africa, 1,580 child murders in 2019/20
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In Brazil, 35,000 children and adolescents victims of violence in 2021
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In Nigeria, 60% of children experience violence before age 18
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In Kenya, 1 in 3 girls experience sexual violence before 18
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In Mexico, 91,789 cases of violence against children in 2022
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In the UK, 1 in 20 children have been sexually abused
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In Germany, 46,870 cases of child sexual abuse reported in 2021
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In France, 58,000 children victims of sexual violence annually
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In Sweden, 1 in 10 children exposed to serious violence or abuse
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In Japan, 1,800 children killed or seriously injured by abuse in 2022
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In Russia, 12,500 children victims of sexual violence in 2022
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In Turkey, 21,000 child abuse cases in 2022
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In Colombia, 25,000 children victims of sexual violence in 2022
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In Peru, 15,000 cases of child sexual abuse reported in 2022
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In Argentina, 6,000 child sexual abuse cases prosecuted annually
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In the Philippines, 1 in 5 children experience abuse
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In the US, 74.9% of child abuse perpetrators are parents
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Globally, 300 million children suffer physical violence annually
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In Australia, 54,000 children abused or neglected in 2021-22
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In Canada, Indigenous children 3 times more likely to be in foster care due to abuse
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In India, 120 children sexually abused daily
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In South Africa, 1,100 child rapes reported monthly
Interpretation
Child Abuse Interpretation
It is a global arithmetic of agony where the most common denominator is that those meant to protect are often the source of the terror, painting a chilling portrait of home as the most frequent crime scene.
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Community Violence30 stats
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In the world, interpersonal homicide accounts for 20.6% of female homicides (2021)
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In the US, 19,592 homicides in 2021, 54% firearm-related interpersonal violence
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Globally, 464,000 homicides annually, 79% male victims
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In Brazil, 47,508 homicides in 2022, mostly interpersonal
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In Mexico, 33,315 homicides in 2022, 90% interpersonal
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In South Africa, 27,494 murders in 2022/23
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In India, 28,522 murders in 2022
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In the US, 1.2 million nonfatal violent victimizations in 2022
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In the UK, 600 homicides in England/Wales 2022, 40% by sharp instruments
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In Colombia, 12,748 homicides in 2022
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In Venezuela, homicide rate 36.7 per 100,000 (2022)
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In Nigeria, 5,891 murders in 2022
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In Kenya, 3,748 homicides in 2022
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In the US, youth aged 15-24 highest homicide victimization rate (15.3 per 100k)
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In Australia, 304 homicides in 2021-22
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In Canada, 788 homicides in 2022
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In France, 959 homicides in 2022
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In Germany, 209 homicides in 2022
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In Sweden, 116 homicides in 2022
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In Japan, 912 murders in 2022
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In Russia, 3,749 homicides in 2022
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In Turkey, 1,462 murders in 2022
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In Argentina, 3,660 homicides in 2022
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In Peru, 1,096 homicides in 2022
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In the Philippines, 1,728 murders in 2022
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In the US, Black males aged 15-34 homicide rate 101.6 per 100k (2021)
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Globally, Latin America has 20.6 homicides per 100k, highest regional rate
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In El Salvador, homicide rate dropped to 2.4 per 100k in 2023 from 38 in 2019
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In Honduras, 35.1 homicides per 100k in 2022
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In Jamaica, 52.9 homicides per 100k in 2022
Interpretation
Community Violence Interpretation
The world’s grim accounting of interpersonal violence reveals a sobering, often gendered, truth: while men are overwhelmingly the victims of homicide, women are disproportionately targeted in more intimate and insidious ways, proving that the face of violence wears many masks but always leaves the same scar on humanity.
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Elder Abuse30 stats
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Globally, 50 million children experience severe sexual violence yearly
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In the US, 1 in 10 Americans aged 60+ have experienced elder abuse
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Globally, 1 in 6 people aged 60+ experience elder abuse annually
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In the US, over 5,000 elders die from abuse yearly
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In the UK, 2 million people aged 66+ experienced elder abuse in past year (2023)
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In Canada, 1 in 10 seniors experience abuse
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In Australia, 1 in 6 older people experience abuse
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In India, 15% of elderly report abuse
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In South Africa, 25% of elders experience abuse
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In Brazil, 1 in 5 seniors suffer violence
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In China, 35.1% of elderly experienced mistreatment
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In Japan, 17.8% of elderly reported abuse in 2022
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In Germany, 4% of elderly experience physical abuse annually
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In France, 1.3 million seniors abused yearly
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In Sweden, 18% of elderly women and 13% men experienced abuse
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In Russia, 10,000 elder abuse cases reported annually
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In Turkey, 40% of elderly face abuse
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In Mexico, 2.5 million elders abused yearly
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In Nigeria, 9% of elderly experience physical abuse
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In Kenya, 48% of elderly report abuse
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In Colombia, 15% of seniors experience violence
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In Peru, 40.6% of elderly suffered abuse
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In Argentina, 12.7% of elderly abused
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In the Philippines, 8.5% of elders experience abuse
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In the US, 60% of elder abuse perpetrators are family members
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Globally, elder abuse affects 15.7% of people over 60
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In Australia, financial abuse most common form affecting 10% of elders
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In Canada, women more likely to experience emotional abuse (71%)
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In India, psychological abuse reported by 52% of elderly
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In the US, nursing home residents 2-3 times more likely to be abused
Interpretation
Elder Abuse Interpretation
If we designed hell as a statistical fact sheet, it would look like this: a global epidemic where the most vulnerable—our children and our elders—are systematically betrayed by the very societies and families meant to protect them.
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Intimate Partner Violence30 stats
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Globally, nearly 1 in 3 women (736 million) have experienced physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence, sexual violence from a non-partner or both at least once in their life
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In the United States, more than 12 million people over the age of 18, approximately 5% of the intimate partner population, experience intimate partner violence each year
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About 1 in 4 women and 1 in 9 men in the US experience severe physical violence by an intimate partner sometime during their lifetime
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In 2021, there were 1,912 intimate partner homicides in the US, with 68% of victims being women
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Globally, 38% of all murders of women are committed by intimate partners
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In England and Wales, police recorded 1,104,370 domestic abuse-related incidents in the year ending March 2023
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48.4% of women and 48.8% of men have experienced psychological aggression by an intimate partner in their lifetime in the US
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In Australia, 1 in 6 women and 1 in 16 men have experienced physical or sexual violence from a cohabiting partner since age 15
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In India, 31.9% of ever-married women aged 15-49 have experienced physical, sexual, or emotional spousal violence
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In the EU, 22% of women have experienced physical and/or sexual violence from a current or previous partner since age 15
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In Canada, 44% of women and 40% of men reported experiencing at least one form of IPV in their lifetime
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In South Africa, 28% of women aged 18+ reported experiencing physical or sexual violence by an intimate partner in the past 12 months
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In Brazil, 10.6% of women reported being victims of physical violence by an intimate partner in the last 12 months (2019)
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In Mexico, 43.9% of women aged 15+ have suffered some form of violence from their partner
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In Russia, 16,000 women are beaten daily by intimate partners
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In the US, 91.8% of victims of stalking by an intimate partner were women
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In the UK, 1.6 million women and 757,000 men experienced domestic abuse in the last year (2022)
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In Nigeria, 30% of women aged 15-49 have experienced physical violence since age 15, mostly by a husband/partner
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In Kenya, 41% of ever-married women have experienced physical or sexual violence from a husband/partner
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In Turkey, 38% of women have experienced physical violence at least once since age 15
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In the US, Black women are 35% more likely to experience IPV than white women
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In Europe, 13% of women report being afraid of their partner
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In Japan, 23.4% of women have experienced physical violence by an intimate partner
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In Colombia, 37.5% of women aged 13-49 have suffered partner violence
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In Peru, 52.6% of women have experienced some form of IPV
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In the US, 10 million adults experience IPV annually, with economic costs exceeding $8.3 billion
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In Sweden, 14% of women and 5% of men have been subjected to severe physical violence or sexual violence by a partner
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In Argentina, 1 in 5 women has been beaten by their partner
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In the Philippines, 23.1% of ever-married women aged 15-49 experienced physical, sexual, or emotional violence from husband/partner
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Every 9 seconds in the US, a woman is beaten or assaulted by a significant other
Interpretation
Intimate Partner Violence Interpretation
The grim math of the world's most universal and least prosecuted crime is that it takes only one brutal lesson from a partner to make the entire global sisterhood statistically a class of survivors—a lesson too many men are still aggressively failing.
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Sexual Violence30 stats
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In the US, 1 in 7 women and 1 in 26 men have been stalked by an intimate partner
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Globally, 6% of women report being sexually assaulted by someone other than an intimate partner
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In the US, nearly 463,634 women are raped every year
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1 in 6 US women has been the victim of an attempted or completed rape in her lifetime
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In the UK, 20% of women and 4% of men have experienced some type of sexual assault since age 16
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Globally, up to 1.2 million girls under 20 are estimated to be married each year, often involving sexual violence
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In the US, 91% of rape victims are female and 9% are male
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In Sweden, 9.4% of women reported sexual violence after age 15
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In Australia, 1.1 million women (12%) have experienced sexual violence since age 15
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In India, 4.5% of women aged 15-49 experienced sexual violence in the past 12 months
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In South Africa, 8% of women experienced sexual violence by non-partners in past year
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In Brazil, 7.2% of women reported sexual violence lifetime prevalence
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In Canada, 23% of women reported sexual assault since age 15
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In France, 10% of women have been victim of sexual violence by a non-partner
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In Germany, 12.3% of women experienced sexual violence since age 16
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In Mexico, 9.2% of women experienced sexual violence by non-partner
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In Nigeria, 5.5% of women experienced sexual violence since age 15
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In Kenya, 14% of women experienced sexual violence by non-partner
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In the US, college women are 3 times more likely to experience sexual assault than robbery
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In the EU, 5% of women have experienced sexual violence by a non-partner since age 15
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In Japan, 6.4% of women experienced sexual violence after age 16
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In Russia, 3% of women reported non-partner sexual violence in past year
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In Turkey, 12% of women experienced sexual violence since age 15
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In the UK, 273,000 women are raped annually
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In Colombia, 15% of women reported sexual violence lifetime
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In Peru, 17.5% of women experienced sexual violence
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In Argentina, 11.6% of women suffered sexual violence
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In the Philippines, 7.2% of women experienced sexual violence since age 15
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In Sweden, 4.7% of population experienced sexual offences in 2022
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In India, 1.7 million rapes reported between 2005-2014
Interpretation
Sexual Violence Interpretation
The grim arithmetic of these statistics reveals that for half the world's population, the most profound threat of violence does not lurk in a shadowy alley, but in the familiar spaces they are told to call safe.
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