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of society and a lot of work around changing the social norms that accept this violence as normal or as something that happens. dr. claudia garcia-moreno of the world health organization, i thank you for your work. it s important work. it does not get enough attention. i appreciate you coming on this morning. thank you very much, laura. to washington now as the countdown for an announcement about a new supreme court justice. senate democrats have been told that president biden plans to announce his pick before his state of the union address on march 1st. so let s go live to capitol hill and bring in cnn s daniella diaz. did the white house give senators any hints. we all want to know who this pick might be. did they get any peek behind the curtain? reporter: laura, we all want to know who this pick might be. we happen to know three top contenders. leanne dra kruger, michelle
believed. a new review of data shows 2 million women over the course of 18 years shows the violence starts early with 26% of women having already experienced some form of violence at least once since the age of 15. joining me now is one of the authors of that study i mentioned, dr. claudia garcia moreno. doctor, so nice to have you this morning. these numbers are so telling. they really are shocking. what surprised you most about what you found? good morning, laura. the thing we have worked to highlight was how early this violence happens to girls. we found in the study that 24% of girls age 15 to 19 have had a partner already have experienced physical or sexual violence and