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This very recent fact sheet from the Centers for Disease Control on domestic
violence re-affirms the 36%-of-DV-victims-are-men figure ("1.5 million
women, over 800,000 men") from the 1998 Violence Against Women Survey. As
Dr. Gelles and others explain, even this figure is low for various reasons,
and the more reliable studies consistently show 50% (see
www.ncfmla.org/gelles.html and http://www.ncfmla.org/dv_data.html).
Nonetheless, this is still very helpful as an updated re-affirmation of the
36% figure from the CDC.

Marc A.

The report title:
Violence and Victims CDC Study Gender IPV Cost Aug 2005.pdf

For information on Ileana Arias, search her name at:
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/whatsnew/whatnew.htm

The 2005 report is a contrast to the 2003 CDC report,
"Costs of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in the United States":
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/pub-res/ipv_cost/ipv.htm
http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/r030428.htm
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/pub-res/ipv_cost/IPVBook-Final-Feb18.pdf

To see where the journal, Violence and Victims, is coming from, see:
http://www.springerpub.com/JournalSamples/6708-20-2.pdf

The United Nations today marked the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women with calls for states to take legal action against the global scourge, for societies to change a mindset that permits such abuse, and for women themselves to stand up and speak out against a culture of shame.

Yes, let's call for an end to violence against women, and after that perhaps we should call for an end to all family violence?

Here is a link to the original report:
http://www.who.int/gender/violence/who_multicountry_study/en/

Anyone have the time to take a look at it?