Girls and women under the age of 50 are the most exposed to violence, according to the High Commission for Planning (HCP).
“Girls and women under 50 are the most exposed age group to different forms of violence and for which the prevalence exceeds the national average, particularly young people aged 15-19 and 20-24 with respective rates of 70.7% and 65.8%”, said HCP in its latest report on violence against women and girls, relating to the national survey on violence against women and men of 2019.
The older women are, the less they are victims of gender-based violence, noted the same survey, adding that 51.6% of them aged between 50-54 are affected by violence, 46.8% among those aged 55-59 and 33.2% among those aged 60-74.
The schooling of women does not protect against violence, since schooled women suffer more violence: the prevalence is 62.7% among women with a higher level, nearly 65% among those with high school or middle school level, against 49.6% among women without any education, noted the same source.
According to the type of activity, professionally inactive women, notably housewives, are less prone to violence (54.8%) than their employed counterparts (64.2%) and even less than unemployed women (73,5%).
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