Venezuela Abuse Efforts 'at Risk'

By James Ingham - BBC News, Caracas Amnesty International has urged Venezuela to do more to protect women from domestic violence.

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In Colombia, women especially experience gender based violence in their families. With respect to domestic violence, as many as 41% of women are victims of violence at the hands of their husbands or partners. Although there is legislation specifically criminalizing violence within the family, the overwhelming view is that domestic violence should be treated as a "private" matter, meaning that many women do not report this violence and those who do report it may not press charges.

Nearly one-third of American women (31 percent) report being physically or sexually abused by a husband or boyfriend at some point in their lives.

1 in 4 women may experience violence in their relationships with men in Britain;
Between 40 and 45% of murdered women are killed by thir male partners;
Between 1 and 2 women are murdered by their male partners every week;
more than 25% of all violent crime reported to the police is domestic violence of men against women, making it the second most common violent crime;
100,000 women per year seek treatment in London for violent injuries received in the home
30,000 women and children stay in refuges in the UK every year;
In Wolverhampton, UK, 1 in 6 women had suffered some form of domestic abuse;
One of the main problems experienced by the refuge movement (in the UK) is both the inadequacy and uncertainty of funding (Domestic Violence - Home Office Research Study 107)

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