According to a report released by the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and the Center for Health and Gender Equity, "Violence against women is the most pervasive yet least recognized human rights abuse in the world?The same acts that would be punished if directed at an employer, a neighbor, or an acquaintance often go unchallenged when men direct them at women especially within the family."

A U.S. Bureau of Justice study reports that women of any age and from any racial, ethnic, religious or socioeconomic background may experience physical or psychological abuse from an intimate partner, but that women between the ages of 19 and 29 reported more violence by intimate partners than any other group. In the United States, domestic abuse is also a crime. Although partner abuse exists among same-sex relationships, violence against women is most often perpetrated by a male partner they know and love. Many are afraid or ashamed to talk about or report it.

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