Violence against women: the statistics around the world
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Learn about gender-based violence, the statistics and how it affects women and girls from the UK and across the world. You can donate to our Christmas appeal to help give a woman shelter from violence.

Between 2019 and 2020, the number of gender-related killings increased in Western Europe by 11%; in Southern Europe the increase was 5%. In North America these killings increased by 8%, and by 5% in South America.

Studies show that one in four young women will have already experienced violence by an intimate partner by the time they reach their mid-twenties.