Description
Violence against women – particularly intimate partner violence (IPV) and sexual violence – is a major public health and gender equality problem and a violation of women’s human rights. Estimates published by WHO in 2023 indicate that globally about 1 in 3 (31.6%) of women worldwide (840 million women and girls) have been subjected to either physical and/or sexual IPV or non-partner sexual violence in their lifetime.
Author
World Health Organization
Date
June 18, 2026
Source
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/violence-against-women
Language
English, Spanish, French, Chinese, Russian, Arabic
