Up to 70% of women have experienced physical and/or sexual violence from an intimate partner in their lifetime.
Adding to this, the World Bank Social Development report on violence against women states that as much as 38% of femicide globally is committed by an intimate partner. In SA, a woman is murdered every three hours, and 51% of SA women have experienced violence at the hands of someone they are in a relationship with...
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