This global public health challenge affects one in four women. Where's the outrage or the plan? [cnn.com]

By Eliza Anyangwe, Photo: SDCoret/CNN, CNN Health, February 22, 2022

On Wednesday, a new study in The Lancet revealed that more than a quarter -- 27% -- of women around the world, aged 15-49, have experienced domestic violence from a male intimate partner at least once in their lifetime.

That's approximately one in four women.

And the abuse starts young: 24% of 15- to 19-year-olds had experienced violence.

The study used estimates based on data capturing the responses of 2 million women between 2000 and 2018, and defines intimate partner violence as "physically, sexually, and psychologically harmful behaviors in the context of marriage, cohabitation, or any other form of union, as well as emotional and economic abuse and controlling behaviors."

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