Global Problem

• A full one out of every three women on the planet is the victim of abuse, according to Ellsberg Heise and M. Gottemoeller writing in "Researching Violence Against Women."
  
  

Frequency

• A woman is abused once every nine seconds, also according to Heise and Gottemoeller in their book "Researching Violence Against Women."
  
  

Homicide

• One out of eight homicides in the United States is the result of domestic violence, according to Womynkind.org.
  
  

Pregnancy

• Twenty-five percent of all physically abused women are pregnant, according to "Battered Women and Their Families," by Albert Roberts.
  
  

Background

• Battered women are of all races, religions and economic backgrounds, according to Roberts in "Battered Women and Their Families."