World Health Organisation (WHO)'s Regional Director for South East Asia Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh stated, on Tuesday, that 40.2 percent of women experience physical and/or sexual intimate partner or non-partner violence in their lifetime.
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Local Muslims attend a meeting to listen and speak about family issues during an event to mark the international day for the elimination of violence against women, in the southern Thai province of Narathiwat on November 24, 2019. - The United Nation's "International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women" will be marked globally on November 25. (Photo by Madaree TOHLALA / AFP)
Shahudha Mohamed
2019-11-26 11:28:29
World Health Organisation (WHO)'s Regional Director for South East Asia Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh stated, on Tuesday, that 40.2 percent of women experience physical and/or sexual intimate partner or non-partner violence in their lifetime.
In her statement released on the occasion of International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Singh noted that this percentage was higher in the South East Asia region, compared to the global 35.6 percent.
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