Ending Gender-Based Violence

35% of women worldwide have experienced either intimate partner violence or non-partner sexual violence in their lifetime.

• 30% of women who have been in a relationship report that they have experienced some form of physical or sexual violence by their partner.

• 38% of murders of women are committed by an intimate partner.

• The first sexual experience of some 30 percent of women was forced. 45% of those under 15 at the time of their sexual initiation report the experience was forced.

• Children who grow up in families where there is violence may suffer a range of behavioural and emotional disturbances. These can also be associated with perpetrating or experiencing violence later in life.

Reference: https://www.zonta.org/web/Causes/Ending_Gender_Based_Violence

Zonta Says NO is a Zonta International campaign to raise awareness of, and increase actions to end, violence against women and girls around the world. www.zontasaysno.com