How intimate partner violence is secretly troubling people, mostly women, in Nepal

Social media platforms are always inundated with happy pictures of couples regardless of their marital status. But, the reality may not be that rosy all the time as there are complaints of intimate partner violence across the world.

As per the World Health Organization’s multi-country study on women’s health and domestic violence against women in 2005, 13-61% of women have reported experiencing physical violence by their partners, 4-49% reported experiencing severe physical violence, 6-59% experiencing sexual violence and 20-75% emotional violence. Stakeholders believe the situation has not improved significantly over these years.