WHO report shows nearly 30 per cent of Indian women face intimate partner violence

A new WHO report reveals that nearly 30 per cent of Indian women have faced intimate partner violence in their lifetime, with global levels largely unchanged for decades. The report warns of declining funding, rising risks and slow progress toward eliminating violence against women

New Delhi: Over a fifth of women in India aged 15-49 were subjected to intimate partner violence in 2023, while nearly 30 per cent have been affected during their lifetime, according to a new global report by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

Nearly one in three around the world, or 840 million, have suffered partner or sexual violence during their lifetime — a figure that has barely changed since 2000, it said.

Estimates also suggest that around the world, 8.4 per cent of women aged 15-49 have been subje