According to UN Women on “Violence Against Women, Facts Everyone should know”, 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 (not including sexual harassment) at some point in their lives.

Some national studies show that up to 70% of women have experienced physical and/or sexual violence from an intimate partner in their lifetime. Evidence shows that women who have experienced physical or sexual intimate partner violence report higher rates of depression, having an abortion and acquiring HIV, compared to women who have not [1]. 

It is estimated that of the 87,000 women who were intentionally killed in 2017 globally, more than half (50,000- 58%) were killed by intimate partners or family members, meaning that 137 women across the world are killed by a member of their own family every day. More than a third (30,000) of the women intentionally killed in 2017 were killed by their current or former intimate partner [3].

Adult women account for 51% of all human trafficking victims detected globally. Women and girls together account for 71%, with girls representing nearly three out of every four child trafficking victims. Nearly three out of every four trafficked women and girls are trafficked for the purpose of sexual exploitation [4].

23% of female undergraduate university students reported having experienced sexual assault or sexual misconduct in a survey across 27 universities in the United States in 2015. Rates of reporting to campus officials, law enforcement or others ranged from 5% to 28%, depending on the specific type of behavior [9].

In the majority of countries with available data, less than 40% of the women who experience violence seek help of any sort. Among women who do, most look to family and friends, and very few look to formal institutions and mechanisms such as police and health services. Less than 10% of those women seeking help for experience of violence sought help by appealing to the police [14].

At least 144 countries have passed laws on domestic violence, and 154 have laws on sexual harassment. However, even when laws exist, this does not mean they are always compliant with international standards and recommendations, or implemented [15].

                                                

                                   Statistics and Data on Impact of Fraud and Corruption on Women

According to a Primer in Gender and Democratic Governance, jointly commissioned by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), in 2010:

Corruption creates barriers to accessing basic public services and resources.

Data suggests that ‘petty’ or ‘retail’ corruption (when basic public services are sold instead of provided by right) affects poor women in particular and that the currency of corruption is frequently sexualized—women and girls are often asked to pay bribes in the form of sexual favors.

 

Corruption’s impact on women is greater than men’s when the currency of bribes is sexual. Sexual extortion can involve various types of sexual assault against women, ranging from sexual harassment to forced sex (UNIFEM, 2008).

 

Therefore, corruption disproportionately affects poor women because their low levels of economic and political empowerment constrain their ability to change the status quo or to hold states accountable to deliver services that are their right.

Corruption in the business regulation sector disproportionately affects women entrepreneurs by distorting access to credit or by making it more difficult to obtain the necessary licenses and permits to start a business (U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre, 2006a).

Ironically, women’s remoteness from some corruption networks reinforces their social and economic marginalization. In addition to other barriers women may face as entrepreneurs, corruption imposes restrictions on their ability to conduct business.

Onerous ‘speed money’ payments can allow entrepreneurs to bypass regulations for obtaining business licenses or evade complex legal requirements for forming companies—yet women often lack the resources necessary to make these payments, lack information about business services available or knowledge of the means of negotiating corrupt networks (Ellis and Blackden, 2006).