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The Global Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women

20131,437 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Claudı́a Garcia‐Moreno · World Health Organization

Moritz Bruno Petzold

S. Lim · Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

Loraine Bacchus

Rebecca E Engell · Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

Lisa C Rosenfeld

Abstract

Data from 81 countries was used to estimate global prevalence of intimate partner violence against women.

Topics & Keywords

Intimate Partner and Family Violence Sex work and related issues Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Gender equality

Publication Details

Published in: Science

Volume 340, Issue 6140, pp. 1527-1528

DOI: 10.1126/science.1240937

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 61.08

The Global Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women | Researchclopedia

· Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

Christina Pallitto · World Health Organization

Theo Vos · University of Washington

Naeemah Abrahams · Medical Research Council

Charlotte Watts