The Bare Facts - Violence

Violence against Women
• Violence causes more death and disability worldwide amongst women aged 15 – 44 than war, cancer, malaria or traffic accidents (Directorate of Public Health)

• One in 3 women worldwide have been beaten, coerced into sex or are abused in some other way

• In the former Yugoslavia 20,000 women were raped during the first months of the war (Physicians for Human Rights)

• Between 200, 000 – 300, 000 women are trafficked to Europe every year ( Human Rights Watch)

• Over $7billion a year is generated from sex trade trafficking (Peace Women)

• 2 million women in the USA are battered by their partners each year

• 75% of all Russian women suffer from some type of violence within the family.

• Every year 6,500 brides in India are murdered because their marriage dowries are considered inadequate

• 48 million women in Pakistan live under Karo-Kari law allowing them to be buried alive for refusing an arranged marriage.

• The 5 million women of Somalia are liable for public stoning for adultery

“It is now more dangerous to be a woman than to be a soldier in modern conflict”(Maj. Gen. Patrick Cammaert, 2008, former UN Peacekeeping Operation commander in DR Congo)