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Domestic violence is everyone's business.
Consider this: each year, more than ten million children in the U.S. grow up in homes where there is violence.i And around the world, 1 in 3 women have been beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused in their lifetime. Most often, the abuser is a member of her own family.ii
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i McDonald, Renee, Ernest N. Jouriles, Suhasini Ramisetty-Mikler, et al. 2006. Estimating the Number of American Children Living in Partner-Violent Families. Journal of Family Psychology 20(1): 137-142.
ii Heise, Lori; Mary Ellsberg; Megan Gottemoeller. 1999. Ending Violence Against Women. Population Reports, Series L, No. 11. Baltimore, Maryland. Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, Population Information Program.
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