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21.11.2014 'Unacceptably High': Violence Against Women Is Global Problem, Experts Say Rates of violence against women remain unacceptably high around the world and countries are doing far too little to stop it, experts say in a series of reports published Friday. One in three women globally has been a victim of either sexual or physical violence by a partner, the World Health Organization said in a statement released alongside the reports, published in the Lancet medical journal. “Yet, despite increased global attention to violence perpetrated against women and girls, and recent advances in knowledge about how to tackle these abuses, levels of violence against women ... Click for details of the news