Nearly one in three women face partner or sexual violence: WHO
Nearly a third of women have experienced intimate partner or sexual violence, the World Health Organization reported on Wednesday, while criticizing the global lack of progress in tackling the issue.
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- Published Date: 06:11 | 19 November 2025
Nearly a third of all women have experienced intimate partner or sexual violence , the World Health Organization said Wednesday, decrying the lack of progress in addressing the scourge.
"Violence against women is one of humanity's oldest and most pervasive injustices, yet still one of the least acted upon," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a statement.
He spoke as the organisation released a report showing that a full 840 million women globally have experienced all kinds of domestic violence, or sexual violence by someone other than a romantic partner.
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