One-third of women worldwide or nearly 1 billion women have or will experience intimate partner violence or non-partner sexual violence in their lifetime. This is equivalent to the population of Africa.
Globally, as many as 38% of murders of women are committed by an intimate partner.
Recent global estimates indicate that 60 million girls age 20-24 were married before age 18.
Globally, 125 million women have experienced female genital mutilation/cutting.
Violence against women and girls (VAWG) – also referred to as violence against women, gender-based violence, or sexual and gender-based violence – is a global pandemic, a widespread and pervasive infringement on human rights and well-being that has no social or economic boundaries.
We can’t continue raising girls in a world where they are made to feel unsafe, scared and unprotected, everyone has a role to play, all hands must be on deck as we put an end to violence against women.