Violence Against Women Prevalence Estimates, 2018 Executive summary
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Violence Against Women Prevalence Estimates, 2018 Executive summary
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WHO
Date
2021Metadata
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This report is based on an analysis of available prevalence data from
surveys and studies conducted between 2000 and 2018, obtained
through a systematic and comprehensive review of all available data
on the prevalence of these two forms of violence against women.
Violence against women has significant short-, medium- and
long-term effects on the physical and mental health and wellbeing of women, children and families. It also has serious social and
economic consequences for countries and societies.
Violence against women has been internationally recognized as a
serious and pervasive phenomenon affecting women’s lives and
health, and a violation of their rights, for almost three decades.
Calls for its elimination have been led by women’s health and
rights organizations for decades. At the global level, these calls
most notably date back to the 1993 United Nations Declaration on
the Elimination of Violence against Women and the 1995 Beijing
Platform for Action, as well as various other global and regional
conventions and consensus documents