Overview
- Nearly one in three women—about 840 million globally—have experienced intimate partner or sexual violence, with 316 million subjected to partner violence in the past year.
- Progress remains negligible, with intimate partner violence declining by only 0.2% per year over two decades across data from 168 countries collected between 2000 and 2023.
- For the first time, the report provides national and regional estimates of non‑partner sexual violence, finding 263 million women have been assaulted since age 15.
- Prevention efforts are severely underfunded, receiving just 0.2% of global development aid in 2022, and funding fell further in 2025, with some reporting linking the drop to U.S. foreign aid cuts.
- WHO and partners launched the updated RESPECT framework and called for scaled evidence‑based prevention, survivor‑centred services, stronger data systems, and enforcement of protective laws.