Annotation:
This WHO report is the first global
systematic review of both intimate partner
violence and non-partner sexual violence
perpetuated against women. The report
presents global and regional estimates of
the prevalence of these two types of
violence against women, generated using
population data. It also examines the
effects of violence upon women's mental,
physical, sexual and reproductive health
and reveals variances in the rates of
violence between countries. This report
recommends exploring the factors that
contribute to these variances and to
violence against women as a whole. The
report is divided into three main
sections. The first section explains the
methodology used to gather the data. The
second section presents the estimated
regional and global rates of these types
of violence against women. The third
section examines the health effects on
women who have experienced either or both
types of violence. A summary and
conclusion section follows.