A few facts from Europe

In a UK study 30% of women were physically assaulted by partner or ex partner. 204 Mooney, 1993: The hidden figure: domestic violence in North London. London, Middlesex University, School of Sociology and Social Policy, 1993

A study in The UK showed that street prostitutes routinely face severe violence. 196 Church, S.Henderson, M., Barnard, M. and Hart, G.,Violence by clients toward female prostitutes in different work settings; questionaire survey, BMJ 2000; 322 3 March 524-525.

In the conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina, somewhere between 20,000 and 50,000 women were raped. 191 Women in transition, The Monee project, CEE/CIS/Baltics, regional monitoring report, no. 6, 1999, UNICEF