More than a third of all women affected by physical or sexual violence from UN News Centre, 6/20/13

“More than a third of women worldwide are affected by physical or sexual violence, many at the hands of an intimate partner, according to a new United Nations report that offers guidelines to help countries respond to this global epidemic.”

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