Violence against women

• Violence against women – particularly intimate partner violence and sexual violence –
•  is a major public health problem and a violation of women's human rights.
• Estimates published by WHO indicate that globally about (30%) of women worldwide 
• have been subjected to either physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence or 
• non-partner sexual violence in their lifetime.
• Most of this violence is intimate partner violence. Worldwide, almost one third (27%) of 
• women 
• aged 15-49 years who have been in a relationship report that they have been subjected 
• to some 
• form of physical and/or sexual violence by their intimate partner.
• Violence can negatively affect women’s physical, mental, sexual, and reproductive  
• and 
• may increase the risk of acquiring HIV in some settings.
• Violence against women is preventable. The health sector has an important role to 
• play to provide comprehensive health care to women subjected to violence, 
• and as an entry point for referring women to other support services they may need.
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• Scope of the problem
• Population-level surveys based on reports from survivors provide the most accurate 
• estimate
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• “You save yourself or you remain unsaved.”