Domestic Violence Awareness Month

As the reigning Miss Guinea, my platform is fighting back against dometic violence of women, specifically. October is Domestic Violence awareness month for those who didn't know and as an activist against battering women i thought it was only right that I drop some knowledge on the issue. Domestic Violence also known as domestic abuse, spousal abuse, child abuse or intimate partner violence (IPV), can be broadly defined as a pattern of abusive behaviors by one or both partners in an intimate relationship such as marriage, dating, family, friends or cohabitation.I know that Domestic Violence is nothing new and we all know it's a problem but I think raising awareness is not the problem, the problem is educating women to protect themselves and not to be arfaid to speak out if they are being physically or mentally abused. It is also important to raise funding for womes's shelters so that battered women have a safe haven to escape to.



The facts:
-One in every four women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime.
-An estimated 1.3 million women are victims of physical assault by an intimate partner each year.
-85% of domestic violence victims are women.
-Historically, females have been most often victimized by someone they knew.
-Females who are 20-24 years of age are at the greatest risk of nonfatal intimate partner violence
-Most cases of domestic violence are never reported to the police.
-One in 6 women and 1 in 33 men have experienced an attempted or completed rape.
-Nearly 7.8 million women have been raped by an intimate partner at some point in their lives.
-Sexual assault or forced sex occurs in approximately 40-45% of battering relationships
- 1 in 12 women and 1 in 45 men have been stalked in their lifetime.
-81% of women stalked by a current or former intimate partner are also physically assaulted by that partner; 31% are also sexually assaulted by that partner



For more info visit http://www.ncadv.org