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Abstract
Gender-based violence-including rape, domestic violence, mutilation, murder, and sexual abuse-is a profound wellbeing crisis for women across the globe. Although gender violence is a significant cause of female morbidity and death, it is almost never seen as a public health concern. On a per capita basis, the health burden forced by rape and domestic violence in the industrial and developing world is roughly equivalent, but because the total disease burden is so much greater in the developing world, the proportion attributable to gender-based victimization is smaller. Nonetheless, on a global basis, the health burden from gender based victimization is comparable to that from other conditions already high on the world agenda. This article draw together existing information on the dimension of violence against women worldwide and reviews available literature on the health consequences of cruelty. It also explores the relationship between violence and other dangerous issues.