Notes:
A woman is battered every 9 seconds in the United States. (The Commonwealth Fund, First Comprehensive National Health Survey of American Women, July 1993)
1 out of every 4 U.S. women has been assaulted by an intimate partner. (U.S. Department of Justice, Full Report of the Prevalence, Incidence and Consequences of Violence Against Women, November 2000)
78% of rapes involve a person the victim knows, including husbands, ex-husbands, boyfriends and former partners. (U.S. Public Health Service’s Office on Women’s Health, 1995)
UNICEF’s Progress of Nations, 1997, found that a quarter to half of women around the world have suffered violence from an intimate partner. (UNICEF, Progress of Nation, 1997)
The U.S. Department of Justice reported that 37% of all women who sought care in hospital emergency rooms for violence-related injuries were injured by a current of former spouse, boyfriend or girlfriend. (U.S. Department of Justice, August 1997. Violence Related Injuries Treated in Hospital Emergency Departments. Michael R. Rand. Bureau of Justice Statistics)
Husbands and boyfriends commit at least 13,000 acts of violence against women in the workplace every year. (U.S. Department of Justice, 1994)
See handout for more statistics