New Delhi: An estimated 23 per cent of women aged 15 and above faced intimate partner violence (IPV), which includes physical and sexual abuse by current or former partners, in India in 2023, according to a new report published in the journal The Lancet on Wednesday.

More than 30 per cent of women and 13 per cent of men aged 15 and above are also estimated to have experienced sexual violence as a child in the country.

Globally, the number of women aged 15 and older exposed to sexual violence during childhood surged to more than a million. An estimated 608 million females aged 15 and older also experienced IPV, revealed the report .

These experiences are strongly associated with a range of long-term health conditions, including depression and anxiety, chronic illnesses, and incre

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