POST-SEPARATION ABUSE: AN IGNORED PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS AND PREVENTABLE INJUSTICE
Violence against women and children are egregious human rights violations. Globally, intimate partner violence is the most common form of violence, with nearly one in three women having been subjected to “intimate partner violence or non-partner sexual violence”. “Psychological violence is the most common form of intimate partner violence” and can be considered worse than physical intimate partner violence. Six in ten children younger than age 5 years are regularly subject to psychological violence or physical punishment from parents and caregivers. Witnessing intimate partner violence can be a form of child maltreatment, affecting 8–25% of children in high- income countries. Such violence is a devastating and unacceptable invasion and detrimentally harms women’s and children’s health and wellbeing.
