This focus reflects the types of abuse most dominant in the lives of women and girls around the world. Other forms of abuse such as trafficking in women, rape during war, female infanticide, and FGM are also important. Limiting the focus of the report to intimate partner violence and sexual coercion makes it possible to discuss these issues and appropriate program responses in more depth. Violence against women is different from interpersonal violence in general. The nature and patterns of violence against men, for example, typically differ from those against women.
Men are more likely than women to be victimized by a stranger or casual acquaintance.
The fact that women are often emotionally involved with and financially dependent upon those who abuse them has profound implications for how women experience violence and how best to intervene.