Daijiworld Media Network - Geneva

Geneva, Nov 20: A staggering 316 million women and 12.5 million adolescent girls worldwide experienced sexual violence over the past year, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report released Thursday. The findings come ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls on November 25.

The report highlights that violence against women continues to be one of the most persistent and under-addressed human rights crises, with little improvement over the past two decades. An estimated 840 million women, nearly one in three, have faced partner or sexual violence in their lifetime, a figure that has remained largely unchanged since 2000.

Key findings from the report:

• Intimate partner violence: 316 million w

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