30% Indian women suffer intimate partner violence

Over a fifth of women in India aged 15-49 were subjected to intimate partner violence in 2023, while nearly 30 per cent have been affected during their lifetime, according to a new global report by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Nearly one in three around the world, or 840 million, have suffered partner or sexual violence during their lifetime ~ a figure that has barely changed since 2000, it said.

Estimates also suggest that around the world, 8.4 per cent of women aged 15-49 have been subjected to sexual violence from a non-partner. In India, about four per cent of women aged 15 and above are estimated to have suffered sexual violence from a non-partner.

“Violence against women is one of humanity’s oldest and most pervasive injustices, yet still one of the least acted upon,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General.