In Argentina, 1 out of every 2 women went through or is going through situations of domestic violence

This Monday, the Ministry of Women, Gender and Diversity, in the company of the Spotlight Initiative, revealed the data from the First Survey on the Prevalence of Violence against Women. In this, it is detailed that 45% of the women surveyed in the country suffer or have suffered domestic violence.

The survey, carried out with 12,152 citizens from 18 to 65 years old, in 12 provinces, asked about four types of violence, exercised in the domestic sphere: physical, psychological, sexual and economic-patrimonial. Given this, many women They claimed to have suffered some type of domestic violence, both at another time in their lives and in the last year, by a current or former partner.

Of the total of women surveyed, 45% confirmed that they are experiencing or have experienced domestic violence, that is, 1 in 2 women was a victim of violence. Psychological violence was the one that occurred in the majority of cases (42%).