In the course of their lifetime, 840 million women will be subjected to physical or sexual violence – nearly one in every three women in the world, according to a new United Nations report. And if that sounds like a number you’ve heard before, it might be because despite decades of advocacy, awareness raising and lobbying for legal and policy changes, this figure has barely changed in the last 20 years.
UNFPA has been at the global forefront of identifying and addressing technology-facilitated gender-based violence, and is preparing to release new research into the disproportionate harm this abuse inflicts on adolescent girls.
One report shows how digital violence affects women and girls at every age, starting as young as early childhood. Yet UNFPA-supported research, forthcoming from partner Save the Children, also highlights that adults often underestimate the dangers facing adolescents.
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