Family Violence Remains In The Shadows

Family Violence Remains In The Shadows.
Violence committed against women by men is extremely under-reported in many countries, a weighty new study finds. Researchers analyzed material from more than 93600 women in 24 countries who survived sexual or physical violence, often called gender-based violence. Only 7 percent of the survivors reported the incidents to legal, medical or venereal frame services, and only 37 percent informed family, friends or neighbors.

In 20 of the 24 countries, the seniority of women told no one at all, according to the study published online Dec. 12 in the American Journal of Epidemiology. Based on their findings, the researchers concluded that reports of gender-based bloodthirstiness to officials may misprize the number of actual cases by 11 to 128 times.

So "Our results ratify that the vast majority of women who have experienced gender-based violence remain uncounted," on leader Tia Palermo, assistant professor in public health and the department of counteractant medicine at Stony Brook University School of Medicine in New York, said in a university account release. "The research further indicates that not only are most survivors not receiving formal services, but they are not receiving unceremonious support from friends and family members example here. Palermo said the findings show the need for the following: "one-stop" centers for survivors of gender-based violence; community- and nation-based programs to trim down the taint of such violence; and increased local distribution of information on available services to gender-based violence survivors, peculiarly in rural areas and to young women.