By Ankit Meena
Violence against women is globally pervasive and exists in every country. It cuts across all the boundaries of caste, culture, education, income, age, and ethnicity. The worst manifestations of it, however, can be seen in developing or underdeveloped countries of the world, especially South Asia where women and girls are born into a social and cultural system steeped in inequity and discrimination.
As per the reports published by WHO, 1 in 3 (35%) of women worldwide have experienced either sexual and/or physical abuse at some point in their lifetime. This number not only indicates the violation of women’s rights but is a clear public health problem. Most of the violence reported is domestic or intimate partner violence. Worldwide, 30% of the women who have been in a relationship report that they have faced some sort of physical and/or sexual violence by their intimate partner. Not only this, 38% of the murders globally of women are committed by a male intimate par
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