Ireland
- Irish women are twice as likely than men to experience severe physical abuse, three times as likely to experience emotional abuse and ten times as likely to need to stay in the hospital after experiencing abuse.
- 47% of men in Ireland who abuse their spouses abuse them more than three times per year.
- 1 in 7 women suffer from abuse at the hands of their spouse or partner.
- 76 percent of women who have left their abusive partner will still suffer from abuse from their former husbands.
- In 2003, men attributed for 90% of the domestic violence perpetrators.
Scotland
- Women will generally experience 35 incidents of domestic violence before seeking help.
- Women who are the most at risk for domestic violence in Scotland are between the ages of 31-35.
- The number of reported domestic violence cases has gone up 14 percent in recent years.
- In 2007 the number was close to 50,000 cases as opposed to 45,000 in 2003.
- Scotland police receive 300 domestic violence calls per month.
Nigeria
- 2/3 of women in Nigeria have experienced domestic violence, for something as small as not having dinner ready.
- State authorities do nothing to stop attacks on women, they sometimes even condone these assaults.
- These women are sometimes subjected to acid baths.
- The laws in Nigeria are greatly skewed, the sentence for assault on a male is 3 years imprisonment, where as assault on a female the imprisonment is only two years.
- Nigeria also excluded martial rape from any laws.
Vietnam
- One in three women report being victims of domestic violence.
- 58% of all women in Vietnam report experiencing domestic violence at least once in their lifetime.
- Women are also three times as likely to be abused by a husband than any other perso