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  • Among national governments, 29 per cent do not have laws or policies to prevent violence against women
  • Violence against women aged between 15 and 44 causes more deaths and disabilities than cancer, traffic accidents, malaria and war combined

For more statistics to mark International Women's Day 2011 see this Society Matters blog post.

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