evidence: Domestic, dating, and sexual violence are costly and pervasive problems in the U.S., causing victims, as well as witnesses and bystanders, in every community to suffer incalculable pain and loss. [...] Domestic, Dating and Sexual Violence in the United States - On average more than three women a day are murdered by their husbands or boyfriends in the United States.1 - Nearly one in four women in the United States reports experiencing violence by a current or former spouse or boyfriend at some point in her life.2 - Women are much more likely than men to be victimized by a current or former intimate partner.3 Women are 84 percent of spouse abuse victims and 86 percent of victims of abuse at the hands of a boyfriend or girlfriend. About three-fourths of the persons who commit family violence are male.4 - Women ages 20 to 24 are at the greatest risk of experiencing nonfatal intimate partner violence.5 [...] Prevalence of Violence Against Women Globally - The United Nations Development Fund for Women estimates that at least one of every three women globally will be beaten, raped or otherwise abused during her lifetime. In most cases, the abuser is a member of her own family.12