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Why only these countries? It would be interesting to present data on the “developed” world on this subject, too.

— AM on 2009-10-03

IT is not what it seem to be ! That claim and number need PROOF? Where is the PROOF , I wonder?

— Tea on 2009-10-05

If you click on the graphic, you will see the statistics from UNICEF and where it obtained the information.

— Annmarie Christensen, Editor on 2009-10-05

The studies conducted on this issue in Jordan later proved to be flawed, which means that the statistic above for Jordan is incorrect.

— Jordanian Woman on 2009-10-12

Please share the updated information with our readers.

— Annmarie Christensen, Editor on 2009-10-13

disappointed that no “lines” are included to indicate nations where women say NO husbands/anyone have the right to hit and abuse!

— pamela on 2009-12-22

tis es some screwed up graph
ets NEVER okay for a man to put
his hands on a woman . EVER !

— anonymous on 2010-02-07

Why only these countries? why not more countries especially those of the developed countries? It will be nice to know

— Kobi Ikpo on 2010-06-15

If you click on the graphic in the magazine, it will take you to the original data from UNICEF

— Annmarie Christensen, Editor on 2010-06-22

Thanks

— Kobi Ikpo on 2010-06-23

In Jordan, the study asked a sample of women two questions: 1. Is it ok for a husband to hit his wife under certain circumstances 2. Is it ok for your husband to hit you under certain circumstances. For the first theoretical question, a large number of women said that there are circumstances under which a husband may hit his wife. For the second question, very few women said it would be acceptable for their husband to hit them. The reason for this is that most of the women in the study were from lower socio-economic classes and had very little education, making the first theoretical question less representative of their real views than the second.

— Jordanian Woman on 2010-06-23

On the reverse , there might be countries where men believe it’s OK for wives to hit them! Here women are liberated. As per the graph women avoid conflict and maintain peace.

— Dr.Sadhu Charan Panda on 2010-07-16

Women complain abt everything while men suffer in silence. Law, police and society torture men for any and all reasons and when women claim themselves to be ‘equal’, they start bitching about all this. Violence against men is always ignored. Change the world for the better, protect the men too.

— indian man on 2010-07-31

Women are tortured because relatives friends & parents says it ok to live under abuse.

— jane on 2010-08-11

Lets support them . make sure to tell them is not okay to be hit.

— jane on 2010-08-11

this was a topic i often read about and off-handedly pitied the victims for not having the guts fight against such abuse.I believed that it was the socio-economically downtrodded class who faced but still put up with such violence as these women had no plausible alternaive either….but today i stand a victim myself - all educated and liberated with hitherto strong opinions against such violence….yet tpying this today with one side of my face swollen and black-eyed, even i do not have the guts to share it even with my closest friend, let alone take any action…so I guess the statics is right.

— sakina on 2010-10-17

its true in Indias’s case. ask me I’m a living proof… and no, i’m not from a socio-economically poor background.

— raksha on 2010-10-17

This is very worrisome! There must be a way out of this especially for us educated and middle income women!!! This cannot go on!!!!!

— KOBI IKPO on 2010-10-18

Indian man,

It is true that some men suffer in silence and so need to be protected too even though they don’t speak out.

But the truth is that for centuries untold, women have been victims of violence done against them by the male gender. Its very distant women are addressed as ‘women’ giving that label the connotation of a stranger but what happens when that these ‘women’ are your beloved sisters, ‘cousins’mothers’ and wives? will you still feel that all they are doing is ‘bitching’ about ills against them?

The point i am trying to make is that to make the world a better place we need much more than protecting the men-what we need is for the men to start playing their God given role which is protecting the women and not abusing them-when a woman is protected, she never bitches!

— KOBI IKPO on 2010-10-19

More european and developed world figures please.

— Mark Webb on 2010-11-18

I am a 26 year old woman and i feel that under no circumstances will i ever accept that a man or a woman should be abusive to each other.

— tamsyn on 2010-12-28

I am a 25 year old woman and l too feel it is totally unacceptable for a man to beat up his wife. she might have trully done wrong but if she is not good enough for you just let her go. Who are you to discipline her? Who will beat you up when you do wrong? A man who is abusive towards his wife is a coward and not man enough to handle a woman!

— kudzy on 2011-01-04

l am a 27 year old woman and my husband beats me almost everytime we have an arguement. The thing is he doesn’t believe he has got a problem and blames me for always bringing out the animal in him. My self steem is now very low. l dont know if l still love him or maybe its because l have a son who loves his daddy so much l dont want to seperate them and besides not believing in divorce.l dont know what to do.

— anon on 2011-01-18

I am a 17 year high school student and i strongly believe that no woman/girl should be hit by men, I’m doing a project on domestic violence and research has shown that the main cause of domestic violence is alcohol. What Are Your Views?

— corda on 2011-01-20

I am a 24 year old woman who thought i was strong and could face anything but when it happened i couldn’t fight back. i had recently come out of hospital for a lapscope and was in pain. i was bleeding and called him while he was out with his friends when he finally decided to come home i asked him to go sleep on the sofa. he wouldn’t reply so pushed him out. he then got on top of me and started beating me up. i was i shock i was alone and no one was there to help. this attack happened to me because i said its okay the fist time he did it. i want women to stand up and do everything they can to make their voices heard

— Nthudi Monametsi on 2011-02-14

When A Man Puts His Hands On You , You Fight Back! No Matter How Big He Is, How Tall He Is , It Doesnt Matter ! &When; Everythings Done &Said; , Send Him To Jail !.

— Desha on 2011-02-24

JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE A MIDWIFE DOES NOT MEAN YOU MUST NOT FIGHT BACK,MEN TEND TO RULE AND ABUSE THEIR WIVES BECAUSE THEY WORK,THEY PAY THE BILLS,THEY TEND TO THINK THEY THE HEAD OF THE HOUSE,SO TO ALL THE WOMEN OUT THERE FIGHT BACK.

— KHANYISA SIGENU on 2011-03-10

Men hit women-Women hiting men, through children in the mix——Domestic violence is not “always” about the involment of alcohol but yes alot of the time it can be. It gives the perpetrator the excuse to NOT remember things, he can be your husbands, your boyfriends but not always…. In some cases abuse is a carry out from the parternal relationship, either they themself were abused as children or it’s what was perscieved as the normal relationship between the parents. Husbans, they are not the only ones that that beat and make victims of us we have fathers, and yes even in North America we live can live a frightening life of not knowing where the next fist or boot to the back would come, or how many more times would you at the age of 13 be forced to preform sex just to protect the rest of your family…  The world needs to know that it happens everywhere, in every level of socity the difference is that some counties are lucky enough to have organization and assistance programs available for it’s victims that come forward and they can be helped to protect themselves and thier families.  Other women in other counties don’t have these oppertunities.  At the age of 17 just before my 18th I reported my abuser to the autorities, I’m now 44 years of age I’m a servier, my paternal fater did beaten me,used me and tried own me. Yet he failed.. He no longer controlers my family my soul and my heart I protected for myself. My own daughter will be 17 on her next birthday, she knows my story the circle can be broken.  Beautiful,strong and life giving women of the world, remeber your soul and hearts for they will always be in you, with you when all hell breaks loose or when help is finally delivered in some form or another.  NO MAN AS THE RIGHT TO STRIKE, or to abuse us, FIGHT BACK.

— Karen on 2011-06-19

To whom it may concern:

I am an afghan girl whom living in Kabul-Afghanistan, working with a project of USAID since Feb 2011, and the only one whom support my family and feed my family, we are four sisters and one brother which is the youngest one, my parents are educated we were used to live in Peshawar- Pakistan but a younger sister of mine got married with an afghan guy and came to Kabul, after a month of her marriage we got to know that there is oppression on my sister, her in-laws and husband hit her daily , we tried so many times to inform government but there is no low in Afghanistan no one listen to us , not police neither religious leaders, they daily warn us and we r 3 sisters at home have an old dad and 10 years old brother, we have no money to fight with our money and have no power to fight, prayed a lot to God but there is no God to listen us we are too disappointed from Gov of Afghanistan, from religious leaders even from God because he do not exist.

Here I came to write you that we really need your help and support, please help us show us a way ?

Now we are quite because of their warnings, they warned us to kill my dad and my brother, they warned us to not give children to their mother.

Please provide us some support at least I with my family including my sister which is married and has two babies which are under 2 years old go out from Afghanistan, I do promise I will support my family it will not be bother on government of any country. I am educated and have master’s degree in sociology.

I am looking forward to your response and for any kind of support, I have in my mind to run away with my family from these rascals but for this I need full support please help us and show me a way how to do and who will listen us?

— Mariam Kosha on 2011-07-02

i am a 16 years old girl, i think this is not justice happening with the women in our society. A woman should be strong. she has freedom to fight for her rights.And we should stop this violence in our society because if we can’t so its shows that we people are illiterate.why we are neglecting these crimes,why? just because that this is not happening to our loving ones, but if our thinking is like that so we should feel ashamed on ourseleves!!!!!

— MAHNOOR SAMO on 2011-07-05

the figures show decline in some countries like Ghana because people fear the police, not the rationale of human rights. we need to work on behaviour change - not incite fear

— Emmanuel Nuworzah on 2011-07-06

I agree. Blatant racism. Significant percentages of Americans, Canadians, and Britons consider gendered abuse acceptable. Supposedly “civilized” or “enlightened” nations. It’s all too easy to attack “Othered” nations as barbaric.

— Sadie on 2011-08-12

we really need to assist woman in abusive situation because I have realized that when You are being abused because there is also words involved it becomes very difficult for the woman in the situation to take steps and the worst thing now in Namibia is that if they decide to stop the relationship then they are murdered.

— hermien on 2011-09-02

WHY IS THE USA AND THE SO CALLED DEVELOPED WORLD NOT INCLUDED.DOES THIS MEAN THAT THERE ARE NO WOMEN WHO AGREES WITH THIS THERE?I BET YOU CARRY A SURVEY AND YOU WILL SEE THAT VIOLENCE IS UNIVERSAL.YOU MUST BE RECCOMENDING OF WAYS TO STOP VIOLENCE OTHER THAN PUBLISHING YOUR BIASED REPORTS.ANYWAY THANKS FOR THE DATA AS IT WAS SOMEWHERE SOMEHOW USEFUL.

— LARRY KUDA CHIMUKA on 2011-10-16