Overview
- The analysis across 168 countries finds nearly one in three women have faced partner or sexual violence, including 316 million who experienced intimate partner violence in the past year, with declines averaging only 0.2% annually since 2000.
- 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, with experts warning of significant underreporting.
- Prevention remains severely underfunded, with just 0.2% of global development aid going to such programs in 2022 and funding falling further in 2025, which Al Jazeera attributes in part to recent U.S. foreign aid cuts.
- Risks are highest in fragile and climate-vulnerable settings, with Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand recording a 38% past-year prevalence of intimate partner violence, over three times the global rate.
- WHO and UN partners paired the findings with the second edition of the RESPECT Women framework, calling on governments to scale proven prevention, strengthen survivor-centred services, improve data, and enforce protective laws.