Claim: At least 49% of ever-married adolescent girls and women aged 15-49 years have experienced some form of emotional, physical, or sexual violence committed by their current/recent partner.
Fact-check: No safe spaces: At least 49 percent of girls and women have been abused by their partners - FactCheckZW
Verdict: the claim: 'at least 49% of ever-married adolescent girls and women aged 15-49 years have experienced some form of emotional, physical, or sexual violence committed by their current/recent partner,' has been rated as true, according to the mics latest report published in 2019 which puts the figure at 49.4%. minor differences in some earlier studies are a result of separation of statistics of the major forms of violence – physical, sexual and emotional.
Organisation: FactCheckZW
Author: Lifaqane Nare
Date published: 2024-03-19T08:18:06