Violence Against Women in the UK?

Question

The United States has some scary statistics about violence against women.

The CDC claims 1 out of 4 women suffer from domestic violence:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23056009/

The CDC also claim homicide is the leading cause of death among pregnant women and new mothers:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45626-2005Feb22.html

According the the FBI, 32% of women who are murdered are murdered by husbands, boyfriends, partners, etc:

http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2006/offenses/expanded_information/homicide.html

Does anyone know if the statistics are similar in the UK? Is this as big of a problem in the UK as it is in the US. Why or why not?

Answer 1

I believe it is the same all over the world.

Answer 2

im a black belt in kung fu!

i encourage all women to break the balls of their attackers!

Answer 3

Dear Pam,

You are right on the money.

Please allow me introduce myself. I am a girl from South America, and I invite you to research the violence and genocide against women in Mexico (Ciudad Juarez and Chiguagua) More than 600 WOMEN and GIRLS disappeared.

This link shows how heinous the crimes are.

http://www.amnestyusa.org/Womens_Human_R...

Same  link for UK

http://www.amnesty.org.uk/content.asp?Ca...

IT is time to STOP FEMICIDE. This is going on in MANY places of the world.

We are mothers

We are Sisters

We are Teachers

We are wives

We are understanding

We are tolerating

WE ARE HERE TO HELP

WE ARE "WOMEN"

Saludos AMIGA

GRACIAS

I am against violence against women

Answer 4

These are official government statistics for the UK:

Domestic violence: Key facts  





• Domestic violence account for 15% of all violent crimes



• Around 1in 4 women and 1 in 6 men have been a victim of domestic violence



• 89 per cent of those victims suffering 4 or more attacks are women



• Almost a third of domestic violence starts during pregnancy, and existing violence often escalates during it



• One incident of domestic violence is reported to the police every minute



• On average six women per month are killed by a male partner or former partner

Answer 5

Not sure on the statistics but that's happening all over the world....and getting worse.

Answer 6

I have provided a link so you can read it for yourself.

Statistics for violence against women

Violence against women is a major problem in the UK. In fact, almost half of all women in the UK experience domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking  Findings from the British Crime Survey, 2004).

For some forms of violence against women such as forced marriage, female genital mutilation, rape and sexual violence, trafficking and forced prostitution we have limited statistics. This is due to a number of factors including: the hidden nature of the abuse; fear and stigma preventing reporting and lack of systematic data collection by the UK Government. The figures that are available are likely to be an underestimate.

Millions of women and girls every year are being beaten, raped, mutilated, abducted, forced to marry, and murdered. It’s time for the violence to stop.

Answer 7

Figures will be higher than the official figures as thousands of women do not report these crimes..

MACKADoo................................. have posted similar bulls hit comments before.....get a life you pric k.................theres ALWAYS something a little creepy and WEIRD about women haters like you........................

http://www.womensaid.org.uk/landing_page...

Answer 8

Its a sign of the times and its rising.

Answer 9

The United Kingdom is least likely place to have violence against women. Christian Women in the US and UK have freedom thank god!.....  i totaly disagree with women having to have headscarfs and not being alowd places i class that as violence to women. owell its there choice there religion we all unique and differnt human beings!

Answer 10

I think this is something of an urban myth. I meet women everyday and they haven't been murdered or assaulted.

Answer 11

I think its pretty universal, the worrying thing is, we don't know the true statistics, because a vast majority of women do not report the domestic abuse, the Murders and Rapes I would think are similar statistics

Answer 12

what i have read, every 15 seconds in america domestic abuse takes place, but i don't think the U.K is worse than america in violence against women

Answer 13

Decode this lyrics " Lost in love"

Faulty communication system.

Luke 9.25,55-56,60

Decode this lyrics "All out of love"

Luke 8.5-8,10-17

Decode this lyrics " Candle in the wind"

Luke 11.33-36,52

Decode this lyrics " Where is the love"

Luke 6.39-40,41-45,46-49

Decode this lyrics " Love is a many splendoured thing"

Luke 8.10,17

What do you think?