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Mandatory quarantines, country lockdowns and mobility restrictions during COVID19 put women under a higher risk of domestic violence, in addition to unpaid household work and risks encountered at their workplace (women represent 70% of the health and social sector workforce globally).
It is estimated that 35% of women worldwide have experienced either physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence or sexual violence by a non-partner at some point in their lives. However, some national studies show that up to 70% of women have experienced physical and/or sexual violence from an intimate partner in their lifetime. | Related Megatrends: Education; Work
One in three women in the EU has experienced physical and/or sexual violence since the age of 15. | Related Megatrends: Work
76% of the 15,846 ‘registered victims’ of human trafficking in the EU for 2013-2014 were women (report of 2016).
75% of women in a professional job or in top management have experienced sexual harassment. | Related Megatrends: Work
One in ten women has experienced sexual harassment or stalking through new technologies.

Originally Published \| Last Updated	10 Sep 2018 \| 16 Apr 2020
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