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  2. Estimates of sexual violence - Wikipedia

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    Data for many countries, especially low- and middle-income countries, are lacking. Current estimates vary widely depending on the country and the method of research used. Approximately 20% of women and 5–10% of men report being sexually abused as children, while 25–50% of all children report being physically abused. [95] [96]

  3. Rape statistics - Wikipedia

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    Statistics on rape and other acts of sexual assault are commonly available in industrialized countries, and have become better documented throughout the world.Inconsistent definitions of rape, different rates of reporting, recording, prosecution and conviction for rape can create controversial statistical disparities, and lead to accusations that many rape statistics are unreliable or misleading.

  4. Epidemiology of domestic violence - Wikipedia

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    Statistics published in 2004, show that the rate of domestic violence victimisation for Indigenous women in Australia may be 40 times the rate for non-Indigenous women. [ 82 ] Findings from the 2006 Australian Bureau of Statistics Personal Safety Survey show that among the female victims of physical assault, 31% were assaulted by a current or ...

  5. Violence against women in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The percentage of women who have been raped in the United States is between 15% and 20%, with various studies disagreeing with each other. (National Violence Against Women survey in 1995, 17.6% rate; [13] a 2007 Department of Justice study on rape found 18% rate [14]). About 500 women were raped per day in the United States in 2008. [10]

  6. Violence against women - Wikipedia

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    A study in 2002 estimated that at least one in five women in the world had been physically or sexually abused by a man sometime in their lives, and "gender-based violence accounts for as much death and ill-health in women aged 15–44 years as cancer, and is a greater cause of ill-health than malaria and traffic accidents combined." [268]

  7. List of incidents of violence against women - Wikipedia

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    Violence against women during the partition of India (1989) Rape during the Kashmir conflict (1989) Ruchika Girhotra case (1990) Aruna Shanbaug case (1973) 1990 Bantala rape case; Priyadarshini Mattoo (1996) Suryanelli rape case (1996) Anjana Mishra rape case (1999) Imrana rape case (2005) Ayesha Miran rape case (2007) Soumya murder case (2011 ...

  8. Domestic abuse victims making multiple reports are failed ...

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    Figures show around six in 10 women fleeing domestic abuse who requested a space in a refuge in England between April 2022 and March 2023 were denied a place.

  9. Femicide - Wikipedia

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    Data on femicide worldwide is poor, and often countries do not report gender differences in murder statistics. [54] Many communities do not have access to resources or accurate data. [ 55 ] In addition, reporting data on migrants is particularly scarce. [ 56 ]