Shocking Statistics

  • Every 9 seconds in the US a woman is assaulted or beaten.
  • Around the world, at least one in every three women has been beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused during her lifetime. Most often, the abuser is a member of her own family.
  • Domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women—more than car accidents, muggings, and rapes combined.
  • Studies suggest that up to 10 million children witness some form of domestic violence annually.
  • Nearly 1 in 5 teenage girls who have been in a relationship said a boyfriend threatened violence or self-harm if presented with a breakup.
  • Everyday in the US, more than three women are murdered by their husbands or boyfriends.
  • Ninety-two percent of women surveyed listed reducing domestic violence and sexual assault as their top concern.
  • Domestic violence victims lose nearly 8 million days of paid work per year in the US alone—the equivalent of 32,000 full-time jobs.
  • Based on reports from 10 countries, between 55 percent and 95 percent of women who had been physically abused by their partners had never contacted non-governmental organizations, shelters, or the police for help.
  • The costs of intimate partner violence in the US alone exceed $5.8 billion per year: $4.1 billion are for direct medical and health care services, while productivity losses account for nearly $1.8 billion.
  • Men who as children witnessed their parents’ domestic violence were twice as likely to abuse their own wives than sons of nonviolent parents.
(Taken from domesticviolencestatistics.org)

Resources that you can go if you are or have been a victim of domestic abuse.

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National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
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National Network To End Domestic Violence
My desire is to help someone that has lived what I lived through. I understand if you are living a "living hell," that is how it really feels. I encourage you to seek help if you have been a victim of abuse or are in the present being abused. There are many resources and organizations that are there to help you. God is in your side and the authority that God established in your town and state, are on your side.

There is always hope. Don't give up. God has a plan for your life. You have the right to live happy and fulfilled.

Remember, you are precious in God's eyes.

"I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well."
(Psalm 139:14)