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  Date / Time: 6/21/2009 4:04 AM UTC

  Violence Against Woman and Children WHY WHY WHY
  

  Before a police report is made, a woman has already been assaulted as many as 35 times! bullet Assault of woman happens in all education and income brackets and in all religious and ethnic groups. bullet Children who witness abuse and violence are as traumatized as much as they would be if they had suffered the abuse themselves. bullet A woman killed in BC is more likely to have been killed by her partner than by anyone else, and she is more likely to be injured by her partner than in a car accident. bullet Woman are 13 times more likely to be abused in their own homes than by a stranger on the street. bullet Children from abusive homes are at a greater risk of abusing or being abused. bullet Violence affects all family members. whether they show the effects or not. bullet Date rape happens when someone you know coerces or forces you to do things you don't want to. bullet Four out of five victims of sexual assaults reported to police say they were attacked by someone they know. bullet 1 out of every 2 women in Canada has been physically or sexually assaulted at least once (from the age of 16). This figure represents 51% of 10 million woman. bullet 1 in 3 woman experience physical assault, from threats of assault to attacks causing serious injury. bullet Children witness violence in 4 out if 10 marriages where violence is reported. bullet 45% of victims know their attackers. bullet 29% of woman have experienced violence at the hands of a present or former partner. bullet 15% of woman experience violence by the men they still live with. bullet 63% of woman attacked by their male partner are assaulted more than once; 32% are assaulted more than 10 times. bullet Only 14% of violent incidents against woman are reported to the police.

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