Executive summary Intimate partner and sexual violence affect a large proportion of the
population–with the majority of those directly experiencing such violence being women and …

The report is intended for use by policymakers and planners who are interested in taking a
public health approach to prevent the occurrence of intimate partner and sexual violence …

Intimate-partner violence, sometimes called domestic violence or spouse abuse, includes
acts of physical aggression, sexual coercion, psychological/emotional abuse and controlling …

Lori Heise reviews the empirical evidence of what works in low-and middle-income
countries to prevent violence against women by their husbands and other male partners …

Background: Understanding the drivers of intimate partner violence (IPV), perpetrated by
men and experienced by women, is a critical task for developing effective prevention …

The startling findings across various country and multi-country studies on sexual violence
unequivocally point to what the World Health Organization (WHO, 2013, p. 2) describes as a …

Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is one of the most widespread abuses of human
rights worldwide, affecting one third of all women in their lifetime. It is the leading cause of …

Worldwide, patterns of violence against women differ markedly from violence against men.
For example, women are more likely than men to be sexually assaulted or killed by …

Background. The estimated lifetime prevalence of physical or sexual intimate partner
violence (IPV) is 30% among women worldwide. Understanding risk and protective factors is …

1. Background We define partner violence of women as physical, sexual or emotional abuse
with coercive control of a woman by a man or woman partner who is, or was, in an intimate …