National Domestic Violence Awareness Project

Things that make you go Hmmm… Intimate Partner Violence against Women of Color Edition

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• Approximately 40% of Black women report coercive contact of a sexual nature by age 18.
• Black females experienced intimate partner violence at a rate 35% higher than that of white females, and about 22 times the rate of women of other races.
• 65% of the women reporting physical abuse also reported sexual abuse, and almost a third (30.4%) of those reporting sexual abuse reported injuries, some requiring medical attention. In A study of 160 South Asian women (who were married or in a heterosexual relationship)
• In a study of African-American sexual assault survivors, only 17% reported the assault to police.
• Native Americans are victims of rape or sexual assault at more than double the rate of other racial groups.