During the month of
December in 2009, we posted one statistic every day about domestic violence. Consider what you
can do this year to support ICADV and the work to
end domestic violence. Check
here and
here for more information about how
you can give.
December 31:
We can change the social and
political systems that perpetuate violence against women one person
at a time. Consider what you can do to end violence against women in
the coming year. Make a resolution to donate to ICADV or your local
shelter, to volunteer or take action in other ways and to educate
yourself and others on this issue.
December 30:
Of all homicides committed
against females, 30% are committed by their intimate partners.
http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=1000
December 29:
The differences between women’s
and men’s rates of physical assault by an intimate partner became
greater as the as the seriousness of the assault increases. For
example, women were two or three times more likely than men to
report that an intimate partner threw something that could hurt
them, or pushed, grabbed or sh...oved them. However they were 7 to
14 times more likely to report that an intimate partner beat them
up, choked or tried to drown them, or threatened them with a gun or
knife.
http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/181867.pdf
December 28:
Approximately 15 percent of the
men who had lived with a man as a couple reported being raped,
physically assaulted, and/or stalked by a male cohabitant, while 7.7
percent of men who had married or lived with a woman as a couple
reported such violence by a wife or female cohabitant.
http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/181867.pdf
December 27:
Slightly more than 11 percent
of women who had lived with a woman as part of a couple reported
being raped, physically assaulted, and/or stalked by a female
cohabitant, but 30.4 percent of the women who had married or lived
with a man as part of a couple reported such violence by a husband
or male cohabitant.
http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/181867.pdf
December 26:
On September 17, 2008, 100%
of Iowa domestic violence programs participated in a census of
domestic violence services. On that day, 122 requests for service
went unmet. Programs cited lack of funding and staff as reasons they
could not provide those services.
http://nnedv.org/docs/Census/DVCounts2008/DVCounts08_StateSnapshots_IA_Color.pdf
December 25:
More than 50% of female
victims of intimate violence live in households with children under
age 12. (U.S. Department of Justice, Violence by Intimates: Analysis
of Data on Crimes by Current or Former Spouses, Boyfriends, and
Girlfriends, March 1998)
http://www.loveisnotabuse.com/statistics.htm
December 24:
151 Iowan children (101 of which
are minors) have survived a parent who was killed by their intimate
partner.
http://www.icadv.org/lib/Homiside/dvhomicide_presspacket_factsheets.pdf
December 23:
16 Iowan children have been
killed in domestic abuse murders since 1995.
http://www.icadv.org/lib/Homiside/dvhomicide_presspacket_factsheets.pdf
December 22:
180 Iowans have been killed in
domestic abuse murders since 1995.
http://icadv.org/stats_page.asp
December 21:
3 out of 4 (74%) respondents to
the Allstate Foundation National Poll on Domestic Violence 2004
personally knew someone who is or has been a victim of domestic
violence.
http://www.ndvh.org/get-educated/abuse-in-america/
December 20:
Sexual assault or forced sex
occurs in approximately 40-45% of battering relationships.
http://www.ncadv.org/files/DomesticViolenceFactSheet%28National%29.pdf
December 19:Victims
of intimate partner violence lost almost 8 million days of paid work
because of the violence perpetrated against them by current or
former husbands, boyfriends and dates.
http://www.ncadv.org/files/DomesticViolenceFactSheet%28National%29.pdf
December 18:
Incidents of violence against
women and teenage girls are increasing on television at rates that
far exceed the overall increases in violence on television.
Violence, irrespective of gender, on television increased only 2%
from 2004 to 2009, while incidents of violence against women
increased 120% during that same period.
http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/news/release/2009/1028.asp
December 17:
In 102 countries there are no
specific legal provisions against domestic violence, and marital
rape is not a prosecutable offence in at least 53 nations.
http://www.unifem.org/gender_issues/violence_against_women/
December 16: An
estimated 1.3 million women in the U.S. are victims of physical
assault by an intimate partner each year.
http://www.ncadv.org/files/DomesticViolenceFactSheet%28National%29.pdf
December 15:
In FY08, Iowa programs
provided a total of 100,814 nights of shelter. (One night is
for one adult victim and their children.)
http://icadv.org/stats/Annual%20Stats%20FY08-2page.pdf
December 14:
In 70-80% of intimate partner homicides, no matter which partner
was killed, the man physically abused the woman before the murder.
http://www.ncadv.org/files/DomesticViolenceFactSheet%28National%29.pdf
December 13:
A recent study found that only 28% of domestic abuse
restraining orders issued by judges in Iowa prohibit the possession
of a firearm, even though such possession is a federal crime.
http://www.iowa.gov/government/ag/latest_news/releases/mar_2007/Prohibit_guns_DAs.html
December 12:
From
2004 to 2009 there was an 81% increase in incidences of intimate
partner violence on television.
http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/news/release/2009/1028.asp
December 11:
Intimate partner violence resulted in 1,544 deaths in 2004. Of these
deaths, 25% were males and 75% were females.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/dvp/ipv_factsheet.pdf
December 10:
On September 17, 2008, 100% of Iowa domestic violence programs
participated in a census of domestic violence services. On that day,
programs answered 407 hotline calls, an average of over 17 calls an
hour.
http://nnedv.org/docs/Census/DVCounts2008/DVCounts08_StateSnapshots_IA_Color.pdf
December 9:
Females ages 20-24 are at the greatest risk of nonfatal intimate
partner violence
http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=1000
December 8:
For women and girls 16–44 years old, violence is a major cause of
death and disability. In 1994, a World Bank study on ten selected
risk factors facing girls and women in this age group, found rape
and domestic violence more dangerous than cancer, motor vehicle
accidents, war and malaria.
http://www.unifem.org/gender_issues/violence_against_women/
December 7:
In FY08, Iowa programs gave emergency shelter to 4,510 people.
http://icadv.org/stats/Annual%20Stats%20FY08-2page.pdf
December 6:
The cost of intimate partner violence exceeds $5.8 billion each
year.
http://www.ncadv.org/files/DomesticViolenceFactSheet28National%29.pdf
December 5:
A World Health Organization study of 24,000 women in 10 countries
found that the prevalence of physical and/or sexual violence by a
partner varied from 15 percent in urban Japan to 71 percent in rural
Ethiopia, with most areas being in the 30–60 percent range.
http://www.unifem.org/gender_issues/violence_against_women/
December 4:
85% of domestic violence victims are women.
http://www.ncadv.org/files/DomesticViolenceFactSheet28National%29.pdf
December 3: In FY08, Iowa
programs served 30,411 victims.
http://icadv.org/stats/Annual%20Stats%20FY08-2page.pdf
December 2: One in every
four women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime.
http://www.ncadv.org/files/DomesticViolenceFactSheet28National%29.pdf
December 1: Globally, up to six
out of every ten women experience physical and/or sexual violence in
their lifetime.
http://www.unifem.org/gender_issues/violence_against_women/
