The report issues a recommendation that all healthcare workers begin screening for signs of domestic abuse. So many women are afraid to let anyone know of their suffering. Whether this could truly bring their suffering out of the shadows is still in question as additional support is needed for women to escape their abusers.
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Saturday, June 22, 2013
Frightening Statistics from the World Health Organization
Dr. Margaret Chan, the head of the World Health Organization called the report that a third of all women have been victims of sexual assault by a current or former partner."a global health problem of epidemic proportions". The report contained many additional frightening statistics, including the fact that 40 percent of all women killed are murdered by an intimate partner.
The report issues a recommendation that all healthcare workers begin screening for signs of domestic abuse. So many women are afraid to let anyone know of their suffering. Whether this could truly bring their suffering out of the shadows is still in question as additional support is needed for women to escape their abusers.
The report issues a recommendation that all healthcare workers begin screening for signs of domestic abuse. So many women are afraid to let anyone know of their suffering. Whether this could truly bring their suffering out of the shadows is still in question as additional support is needed for women to escape their abusers.
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