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title: WHO Fact Sheet on Violence against Women
date: 2021-03-09T03:00:00-05:00
author: OBOS Admin
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[Health & Sexuality Info](/health-info)# WHO Fact Sheet on Violence against Women

A summary of intimate partner violence data from around the world, with information on defining intimate partner violence, factors that lead to intimate partner violence, the impacts of intimate partner violence, and preventing or responding to intimate partner violence.

> Over a quarter of women aged 15-49 years who have been in a relationship have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by their intimate partner at least once in their lifetime (since age 15). The prevalence estimates of lifetime intimate partner violence range from 20% in the Western Pacific, 22% in high-income countries and Europe and 25% in the WHO Regions of the Americas to 33% in the WHO African region, 31% in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean region, and 33% in the WHO South-East Asia region.

[View the fact sheet ](https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/violence-against-women)

SOURCE: World Health Organization • LAST UPDATED: March 25, 2024

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- [ gender-based violence](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/subject-area/gender-based-violence)
- [ intimate partner violence](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/themes/intimate-partner-violence)
- [ ending gender-based violence](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/themes/ending-gender-based-violence)
- [intimate partner violence](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/tags/intimate-partner-violence)
- [violence against women](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/tags/violence-against-women)
- [sexual violence](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/tags/sexual-violence)

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## Recommendations for Healing from Abuse

In this conversation, excerpted from an online discussion on relationships, identity, and sexuality, participants discuss what has helped them cope with past sexual violence and abuse.

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In this conversation, excerpted from an online discussion on relationships, identity, and sexuality, participants discuss what has helped them cope with past sexual violence and abuse.](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/stories-conversations/conversations-recommendations-for-healing-from-abuse)

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## Black Women & Intimate Partner Violence

This podcast addresses the complexities of navigating intimate partner violence as a Black woman.

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This podcast addresses the complexities of navigating intimate partner violence as a Black woman.](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/health-info/black-women-intimate-partner-violence)

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## Carceral Feminism Isn’t the Answer to Sexual Violence

This abolitionist feminist essay articulates how the legal system often criminalizes survivors.

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This abolitionist feminist essay articulates how the legal system often criminalizes survivors.](https://ourbodiesourselves.org/health-info/carceral-feminism-isnt-the-answer-to-sexual-violence)