»Weltweit erlebt fast jede vierte Frau, die als Teenager eine Beziehung führt, Gewalt durch ihren Partner«

Violence against women is a major human rights violation as well as a widespread public health concern. It has significant short-, medium- and long-term effects on the physical and mental health and well-being of women, children and families. It is estimated that between 38% and 40% of murders of women are committed by intimate partners. Violence against women also has serious social and economic consequences for countries and societies. The previous global and regional estimates of violence against women, published in 2013, established that intimate partner violence against women is a globally pervasive public health problem – experienced by almost a third of all women worldwide – requiring urgent action. This new report provides updated global and regional estimates of intimate partner violence and non-partner sexual violence, based on more and better quality data, and also presents country estimates1 of intimate partner violence against women.

Article 1 of the 1993 United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against women defines violence against women as “any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or private life”. Violence against women takes many forms, including: spousal/intimate partner violence (physical, sexual and/or psychological); sexual violence by persons other than a spouse/partner, including other family members, friends, acquaintances or strangers (i.e. non-partner sexual violence); femicide, including murders in the name of “honour”; and trafficking of women. Violence by a husband or male intimate partner (or other male family member) is the most pervasive form of violence against women globally.

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