The Facts:
• 1 in 3 women experience sexual violence worldwide (WHO)
• 1 in 5 women and 1 in 7 men experience intimate partner violence during their lifetime (CDC)
• 1 in 4 women and 1 in 71 men in the U.S. have been raped in their lifetime (NCADV)
• 10% of women and 2% of men experience stalking (CDC).
• 40% of gay men and 47% of bisexual men experience sexual violence or intimate partner violence (CDC)
• 44% of lesbians and 61% of bisexual women experience sexual violence or intimate partner violence (CDC)
• 47% of transgender people experience violence at some point in their life (2015 U.S. Transgender Survey)
• IPV accounts for 15% of all violent crime (NCADV)
• Women between the ages of 18-24 are most commonly abused by an intimate partner (NCADV)
• Over 43 million women and 38 million men experienced psychological aggression by an intimate partner in their lifetime (CDC)
Sources: The World Health Organization, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence