Researchers: One out of every 14 women worldwide has suffered sexual assault

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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/11/researchers-one-out-of-every-14-women-worldwide-has-suffered-sexual-assault/



Researchers: One out of every 14 women worldwide has suffered sexual assault
By Agence France-Presse
Tuesday, February 11, 2014 21:03 EST

Worldwide, one woman in 14 has been sexually assaulted by someone other than a partner, according to the first global estimate of the problem, published on Wednesday.

Its authors said that despite important gaps in data, the overall picture was clear: sex attacks on women are a big and widely overlooked problem.

Reporting in The Lancet, researchers carried out an overview of investigations in 56 countries.

Their data was trawled from scientific journals as well as “grey” literature, meaning reports in publications that may not be peer-reviewed, an acknowledged benchmark of research.

[Iris]

1. What does "other than a partner" mean?

Marital rape doesn't count?

[polly7]

2. I think marital rape statistics would be nearly impossible to include, only because

it's rarely reported.