51% of women have experienced violence at least once - CNR

(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 24 - More than 12 million women in Italy, equal to almost 51%, between the ages of 18 and 84, have experienced physical or psychological violence at least once in their lifetime but only 5% have reported the incident, according to a study carried out by Institute of Clinical Physiology of the National Research Council (CNR) in 2022 and the results of which were published Friday.
    Over 2. 5 million women (10.1%) reported currently experiencing situations of psychological violence and 80,000 (0.3%) said they were currently suffering physical violence.
    The victims of violence were mainly women under 60 years of age with a medium-high level of education, a job and an average income and who were married and living with their partner, according to the study.
    Over half had children.
    CNR said the data on gender-based violence in Italy provide "evidence of a particularly extensive and only partly visible phenomenon". (ANSA).