More than quarter of women experience intimate partner violence in their lifetime: study

Research has shown the pandemic exacerbated issues leading to intimate partner violence such as isolation, depression and anxiety, and alcohol use, as well as reducing access to support services, according to a new study..

More than a quarter of women have experienced intimate partner violence in their lifetimes, a new study has found.

In what is the largest ever study to present internationally comparable estimates of the prevalence of sexual and or physical violence against women by a male intimate partner,  27% of women aged 15 to 49 have experienced physical and/ or sexual intimate partner violence in their lifetime.