- Violence against women causes more death than cancer disability, malaria, traffic accidents, and war combined among women according to Saynotoviolence.org
- Sexual violence comes along with psychological symptoms that are similar to those of victims of other types of trauma, such as war and natural disaster (National Research Council 1996).
- "Dowry Death are responsible for murders of thousand of women every year, especially in South Asia" (Gender inequality).
- Dowry Death- the murder or suicide of a married women caused by dowry (oxford dictionary)
- Dowry-The money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage (Oxford dictionary)
- 1.5 million women get raped or physically abused by their intimate partners annually according to Tjaden and Thoennes who did a survey on Violence Against Women.
- Bride Burning-Form of domestic violence practiced in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan where the husbands burn their wives according to Urban dictionary.
- Most women that are abused by intimate partners usually can't get out of abusive relationships. The women are too emotionally attached, can't financially support themselves and their children. Most women stick around thinking the abuse will stop.
- Immigrant women are most likely to stay in a abusive relationships compare to other women because of their citizenship status. They are scared that their partners will deport them or report them to homeland security (Shetty, S. & Kaguyutan, J.)
- Sexual assaults puts women health at risks with sexual transmitted diseases that can be easily spread.