EP- Empowering People
Executives: Melissa Holyoake and Chloe Gossling
Target Area
1 in 4 women will experience domestic violence in their lifetime.
A women is battered every 15 seconds.
85% of women and 15% of men have been victims of domestic violence.
- Only 25% of domestic violence crimes are reported to the police.
- 6 million children have witnessed domestic violence.
- 50% of homeless women and children are fleeing domestic violence.
- 32% of high school students will be involved in an abusive relation ship.
- Only one third of teens confide in some one about the abuse.
- 57% of teens say they know a peer who in some way has abused their dating partner.
- 50% of young people who experience physical or sexual abuse attempt to commit suicide.
Contact for help!
Rape and sexual assault hotline: 212-227-3000
Domestic violence hotline: 800-621-HOPE (4673)
Resources
"Domestic Violence / Abuse Statistics." Statistic Brain. N.p., 2013. Web. 9 Mar. 2014.
"Domestic Violence: Statistics & Facts." Safe Horizon. N.p., 2014. Web. 9 Mar. 2014.
"11 Facts about Teen Dating Violence." DoSomething.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Mar. 2014.