Physical, sexual, psychological or economic violence between current or former spouses as well as current or former partners. It constitutes a form of violence which affects women disproportionately and which is therefore distinctly gendered.
Statistical definition
Any act of physical, sexual, psychological or economic violence that occurs between former or current spouses or partners, whether or not the perpetrator shares or has shared the same residence with the victim.
… of her gender, is the most extreme form of gender-based violence, deeply rooted in the inequalities between men and … around 47 000 women and girls were killed by their intimate partners or other family members in 2020, and around …