Wednesday, September 11, 2013

UN survey of 10,000 men in Asia and the Pacific reveals why some men use violence against women and girls | UNDP

UN survey of 10,000 men in Asia and the Pacific reveals why some men use violence against women and girls | UNDP: Bangkok — A UN study of 10,000 men in Asia and the Pacific, released today, found that overall nearly half of those men interviewed reported using physical and/or sexual violence against a female partner, ranging from 26 percent to 80 percent across the sites studied.� Nearly a quarter of men interviewed reported perpetrating rape against a woman or girl, ranging from 10 percent to 62 percent across the sites. �

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