what s the most dangerous place for women you re probably thinking of a public park at night or a dark alley way but it s not it s the home worldwide one woman in three has been the victim of sexual or physical violence by an intimate partner according to recent research by the world bank more than a billion women worldwide have no legal protection in situations involving domestic violence one hundred forty four countries now have laws on sexual harassment but they re rarely implemented when it comes to violence within a partnership in thirty seven countries forced sex within a marriage doesn t even count as rape. in india sex with a minor is now a punishable offense even within marriage women over eighteen though still very much at the mercy of their husbands. that this woman can t go to the courts and her family does. and understand her problem