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Hace 4 días · violence, an act of physical force that causes or is intended to cause harm. The damage inflicted by violence may be physical, psychological, or both. Violence may be distinguished from aggression, a more general type of hostile behaviour that may be physical, verbal, or passive in nature.
Violence is the use of physical force to cause harm to people, non-human animals, or property, such as pain, injury, death, damage, or destruction.
The Violence Prevention Information System (Violence Info) collates published scientific information on the main types of interpersonal violence. This includes information on prevalence, consequences, risk factors, and prevention and response strategies.
La violencia contra la mujer puede prevenirse. El sector sanitario tiene una importante función que desempeñar para proporcionar atención integral de salud a las mujeres que sufren violencia, y como punto de entrada para derivarlas a otros servicios de apoyo que puedan necesitar.
Each year, over 1.6 million people worldwide lose their lives to violence. Violence is among the leading causes of death for people aged 15–44 years worldwide, accounting for 14% of deaths among males and 7% of deaths among females. For every person who dies as a result of violence, many more
WHO fact sheet on violence against women providing key facts and information on the scope of the problem, health consequences, prevention, WHO response.
3 de sept. de 2021 · Across their lifetime, 1 in 3 women, around 736 million, are subjected to physical or sexual violence by an intimate partner or sexual violence from a non-partner – a number that has remained largely unchanged over the past decade.
