• The National Family Health Survey (NFHS) -3 (2005-06) findings underscore the extent and severity of violence against women in India, especially married women
• It says that one-third of women in the age group 15-49 have experienced physical violence and about one in 10 have experienced sexual violence
• In total, 35 per cent women experience physical or sexual violence
• Nearly two in five (37 per cent) married women have experienced some form of physical or sexual violence by their husband
• The prevalence of physical or sexual violence ranges from six per cent in Himachal Pradesh and 13 per cent in Jammu and Kashmir and Meghalaya to 46 per cent in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan and 59 per cent in Bihar.
• Sixteen per cent of never married women have experienced physical violence since they were 15 years of age, generally by a parent, a sibling, or a teacher
• Only one in four abused women have ever sought help to try to end the violence they have experienced
• Two out of three women have not only never sought help, but have also never told anyone about the violence
• More than half of women (54 per cent) and men (51 per cent) agree that it is justifiable for a husband to beat his wife under some circumstances
• In India, one incident of violence translates into the women losing seven working days

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