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Oct. 9, 2024, 7:59 p.m.
Countries: Belize
Variables: DV-DATA-1

"Between the period 2017 to 2021...11,461 cases of Domestic Violence were reported" (5). "Nationwide, the [family violence] unit receives an average of 100 complaints [of domestic violence] monthly with constant increases...In 2021, there were 773 cases of domestic violence" (13-14). "[I]n June of 2021, MHDFIPA Belize commemorated for the first time, World Elder Abuse Awareness Day in collaboration with the NCA and HelpAge Belize. This became necessary as agencies realized this was a growing problem and only 1:24 incidences are likely to be reported to authorities. In 2020, during the pandemic, four per cent of domestic violence cases were committed against older persons. Media and awareness materials now emphasize that...more
Sept. 5, 2024, 1 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: DV-DATA-1

“The results from the 2021 National Community Attitudes Towards Violence Against Women Survey from ANROWS have just been released, showing 41 per cent of respondents mistakenly believe domestic violence is equally committed by men and women, an increase from 23 per cent in 2009…Dr Brown is a co-author for The State of Knowledge Report on Violence Perpetration released earlier this year, produced in response to the limited information available on the perpetration of domestic, family and sexual violence. It shows the ‘most significant and consistent finding in scholarship on violence perpetration’ is that most violence is perpetrated by men…statistics from victim-survivors via the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare show...more
May 2, 2024, 1:14 p.m.
Countries: United Arab Emirates
Variables: DV-DATA-1

Table 4 on this study breaks down prevalence for different forms of DV (sexual, physical, psychological) according to the results of a questionnaire administered to married women in region (1) Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah and region (2), the rest of the emirates during May, June and July in 2017. The number of respondents was 1,000 married women aged 18 years and above. Respondents were asked to share any violence experienced during their marriage. 46.5% of women faced psychological violence, 32.6% physical violence, and 13.9% sexual violence (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
May 2, 2024, 1:09 p.m.
Countries: Syria
Variables: DV-DATA-1

"We recruited 507 Syrian refugee women for the project Advancing Solutions in Policy, Implementation, Research and Engagement for Refugees (ASPIRE) study using time and venue-based random sampling from health clinics in Jordan in 2018... In this paper we focused on women who were married prior to the Syrian civil war (N=313)" (para 2). " Nearly two-fifths of women (38.7%) reported experiencing IPV in the past 12 months" (para 3).
May 2, 2024, 12:53 p.m.
Countries: Sudan
Variables: DV-DATA-1

This community-based cross sectional household survey was conducted in Kassala, eastern Sudan from 1st March to 1st June 2014. It aimed to investigate the prevalence of current (occurred in one year preceding the survey) domestic violence and sociodemographic factors associated with domestic violence against women in eastern Sudan. Of the 1009 women, 33.5% (338) reported current experience of physical violence. The prevalence of sexual coercion, psychological violence, and verbal insult over the past year was 17%, 30.1%, and 47.6% respectively (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
May 2, 2024, 12:44 p.m.
Countries: North Korea
Variables: DV-DATA-1

This study administered a cross sectional survey to 383 recently displaced North Korean refugees through respondent driven sampling in South Korea in 2014-2015. Respondents were asked about exposure to any types of IPV, including physical, emotional, sexual violence by their partners over the last 1 year. The study found that 66.7% of men and 52.6% of women experienced IPV in the past year (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
May 2, 2024, 12:12 p.m.
Countries: Israel
Variables: DV-DATA-1

"In a research by Grynbaum et al. [39], screening of women who visited a primary care setting in Israel showed that lifetime prevalence of family violence is 30.8%, while 10% suffered from violence during the previous year" (8). This cited study is from 2001 so the results may now be outdated (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
May 2, 2024, 12:04 p.m.
Countries: Israel
Variables: DV-DATA-1

"A new study by the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev shows that around forty percent of Israeli women aged 16-48 have suffered physical, psychological or verbal violence from their partners" (para 1).
May 2, 2024, 11:59 a.m.
Countries: Guinea-Bissau
Variables: DV-DATA-1

This 2015 report quoted a 2011 study by Sylvia Roque which found that "Among women surveyed, 44% of women said they had been victims of physical violence, and 43% of sexual violence (21% rape and 22% unwanted touching)" (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
May 2, 2024, 11:52 a.m.
Countries: Guinea-Bissau
Variables: DV-DATA-1

Table 3 of this 2020 World Bank training document states that 85% of violence against women occurs within the family environment. It also cites a 2010 study that found 44% of women claiming to be victims of physical violence, 43% victims of sexual violence, and 80% victims of psychological violence (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
May 2, 2024, 11:44 a.m.
Countries: Eritrea
Variables: DV-DATA-1

This study was conducted on sample of 427 Eritrean refugee women living in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Among respondents, partner physical violence was 15.2% while non-partner physical violence was 43.8%. The overall prevalence of sexual violence was 55.7% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
May 2, 2024, 11:34 a.m.
Countries: Barbados
Variables: DV-DATA-1

"In the first two quarters of 2020, which included the COVID-19 lockdown period, Barbados saw an increase of about 83 per cent in reported incidents of domestic violence" (para 1).
May 2, 2024, 11:28 a.m.
Countries: Bahamas
Variables: DV-DATA-1

This study analyses the treatment of Bahamian women in heterosexual relationships by their intimate partners focusing on instances of sexual and psychological abuse. An internet survey obtained information from 464 married and 1,264 unmarried women currently in intimate relationships with men. According to Table 1, 13.8% of married women and 6.3% of unmarried women were subject to non-consensual sex; 12.7% married and 8.3% unmarried were sexually abused; 8.3% married and 6.4% unmarried were raped; and 15.3% married and 10.9% unmarried were physically hurt (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
May 2, 2024, 11:18 a.m.
Countries: Bahamas
Variables: DV-DATA-1

Table 5 shows that 14.8% of ever married women surveyed were raped by a long-term partner (208). This Internet-based survey used a snowball sampling method to survey adults (aged 18 and over) normally residing in The Bahamas (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
May 2, 2024, 11:01 a.m.
Countries: Algeria
Variables: DV-DATA-1

"According to statistics from Algerian security services, 1,404 women were victims of domestic violence by their husbands in 2022" (para 3).
May 2, 2024, 10:54 a.m.
Countries: Algeria
Variables: DV-DATA-1

This a cross-sectional descriptive study of a sample of women who were examined at the forensic exploration unit of Annaba Hospital over a period of 3 months (first quarter of 2018). In all, 200 women were recruited among those who had been abused by the intimate partner. Out of the 200 women surveyed over a period of 3 months, 1 in 10 or 9.36% of women consulted were victims of domestic violence (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
April 28, 2024, 11:07 p.m.
Countries: Swaziland
Variables: DV-DATA-1

"Almost half of Swazi women (48.2%) will experience some form of sexual violence over their lifetime. Intimate partners, such as husbands and boyfriends, are most likely to be the perpetrators of sexual violence against women, making a woman’s home often a very dangerous place" (1).
April 28, 2024, 10:57 p.m.
Countries: Somalia
Variables: DV-DATA-1

A survey conducted between December 2014-November 2015 employed a population-based household survey approach across 14 selected urban areas which, based on 2014 population estimates, represented 48% of the total population. A total of 2376 women participated in the survey which found that among women, 35.6% reported adult lifetime experiences of physical or sexual intimate partner violence (IPV). Given the representative nature of population demographics in the selected urban areas, this lifetime prevalence is likely representative of Somali women in general (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
April 28, 2024, 10:52 p.m.
Countries: Oman
Variables: DV-DATA-1

This cross-sectional study in 2019 included 978 literate women aged 18–60 years old attending primary health care centres in Muscat region. A self-administered questionnaire was used to record the characteristics of the women and determine the prevalence of emotional and physical domestic violence. The mean age of the participants was 30.6 years, and most of them (84%) were married. The overall prevalence of domestic violence was 28.8% (282/978). Although this lifetime experience was specific to one region, given what we know about the prevalence of marriage in Omani culture, we can assume this percentage is fairly representative for Omani women in general (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
April 28, 2024, 10:40 p.m.
Countries: Niger
Variables: DV-DATA-1

This 2022 study collected data from a representative sample of 1010 married adolescent girls (aged 13–19 years) and their husbands in 48 rural villages of the Dosso region of Niger. 8% of women in this sample reported IPV. The study states that Niger has the highest rate of early marriage in the world, with the average age at first marriage for women being 15.7 years old and the majority of girls (75%) married by the age of 18. This means that although this lifetime experience sample size is limited to one region, given what we know about the prevalence of child marriage in Niger, we can assume this percentage is...more
April 28, 2024, 10:34 p.m.
Countries: Mauritius
Variables: DV-DATA-1

"According to the Sixteen Days of Activism 2015 Report, by Gender Links, about a quarter of women in Mauritius (24%) have experienced some form of gender violence in their lifetime including partner and non-partner violence" (para 1).
April 28, 2024, 10:25 p.m.
Countries: Kuwait
Variables: DV-DATA-1

"The study was designed to estimate the prevalence of different types of DV among women attending primary healthcare (PHC) centres in Kuwait. We conducted a multicentre crosssectional study among married or previously married women aged 18 to 65 years, attending the selected PHC centres over 29 months (February 2017 to June 2019). The inclusion criteria were married or previously married women aged 18-65 years, while certain groups such as never-married females, severely ill individuals, and those refusing to participate were excluded... 337 women (56.1%) out of 601 were exposed to one or more types of DV" (para 1). Although this lifetime experience was only among married women, given what we...more
April 28, 2024, 10:19 p.m.
Countries: Kosovo
Variables: DV-DATA-1

"According to a 2015 survey conducted by the Kosova Women’s Network, 41% of women stated that they suffered some form of domestic violence, including physical, psychological and/or economic violence in 2014; 68% of women stated that they had suffered domestic violence in their lifetime" (37).
April 28, 2024, 10:07 p.m.
Countries: Bahrain
Variables: DV-DATA-1

This 2020 cross-sectional study was designed to determine the prevalence of IPV among women in the Kingdom of Bahrain. It surveyed 810 Bahraini women age 18+ who were married, widowed or divorced, asking them to share any IPV experience witnessed during their marriage. The study found that the prevalence of IPV among Bahraini women was 71.11%. Although this lifetime experience was only among married women, given what we know about the prevalence of marriage in Bahraini culture, we can assume this percentage is fairly representative for Bahraini women in general (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
April 19, 2024, 3:06 p.m.
Countries: Serbia
Variables: DV-DATA-1

"[There are] cases of gender-based violence against women" (7). These cases are not effectively prosecuted (MV-coder comment).
April 12, 2024, 5:14 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: DV-DATA-1

"[M]any women experience 24/7 monitoring and control of their movements and bank accounts, as well as other forms of non-physical abuse or threat, often as part of a broader pattern of coercive control" (para 3). "Women in current relationships are also subjected to having their every movement monitored: 56,700 in 2016 and 66,500 in 2021-22" (para 6). "Physical violence is still happening, tragically, but it is declining relative to other forms of abuse" (para 7). "The most common form of technology-facilitated abuse is cyberstalking" (para 16). "[F]our in five Australian women have experienced or are 'experiencing some form of technology-facilitated abuse'" (para 17).
April 12, 2024, 2:30 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: DV-DATA-1

"The beating of women, especially on a Friday night after a drunk husband returned from the pub, was so common it was scarcely talked about" (para 42). "These men have been found using surveillance drones to shatter the illusion that their former partners have safely escaped. They have kept current partners in a state of terror by remotely activating loud music in their homes, locking the doors remotely so they cannot escape the onslaught. This sensory bombardment is a form of torture" (para 49). "An embittered ex, whose threat was previously mitigated by removal from the family home, is newly empowered by technology and able to exercise his vengeance and...more
April 12, 2024, 2:29 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: DV-DATA-1

"380,000 women and 240,000 men reported being subjected to financial abuse. Among the most insidious forms of such abuse are those that prevent women from working, or from retaining their earnings if they are employed" (para 38). "70,300 women were prevented from working in 2016 and 86,300 had their income withheld or controlled. Other forms of financial abuse can include refusing to contribute to household expenses or making a partner liable for a joint debt, often without her knowledge. This kind of abuse is commonly adopted by perpetrators after separation- for example, refusing to pay the mortgage so the woman risks losing her home-but has expanded to taking out loans...more
April 12, 2024, 2:28 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: DV-DATA-1

"[WESTNET, the national peak body for specialist women's domestic and family violence services] found 99.3 per cent of [442 Australian frontline workers] had clients who were experiencing tech abuse enabled by GPS tracking apps on smartphones" (para 20). "[T]he [Commonwealth] bank investigated 11 million transactions and found more than 8000 accounts where customers had received low-value deposits, often less than $1, with 'potentially abusive messages in the transaction descriptions'" (para 31). These customers were usually female (MV-coder comment). "[L]ess than 25 per cent of women who experience domestic violence report it to the police" (para 68).
April 12, 2024, 2:26 p.m.
Countries: Australia
Variables: DV-DATA-1

"One woman, a client of a DV West shelter and whose details have been de-identified, has been subjected to a horrendous amount of technology-facilitated abuse, including her former partner posting denigrating comments about the woman's character, parenting and professional practice onto her work's Facebook page" (para 47). "Hannah Clarke, who along with her three children was burnt to death by her husband in 2020. He had previously used recording devices to monitor her conversations" (para 63).