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This paper explores claims of gender symmetry in intimate partners' use of violence by reviewing the empirical foundations of the research and critiquing existing sources of data on domestic violence.

Excerpt: "In 1995, the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) and the Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA) began working in partnership to manage the 'Promoting Women in Development' (PROWID) grants program, funded by the Office of Women in Development at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)... This paper is one of several analytical documents synthesizing the findings across PROWID projects and their implications within the various theme areas."

This report notes that family violence rates have dropped by more than one half from 1993-2002. Published by the U.S.

As described in its Executive Summary, this report "presents findings from the National Violence Against Women (NVAW) Survey on the extent, nature, and consequences of intimate partner violence in the United States. . . . The survey consists of telephone interviews with a nationally representative sample of 8,000 U.S. women and 8,000 U.S. men about their experiences with intimate partner violence. The survey compares victimization rates among women and men, specific racial groups, Hispanics and non-Hispanics, and same-sex and opposite-sex cohabitants.

Series L, Number 11, in Population Reports is a comprehensive overview highlighting the two most prevalent types of abuse in the lives of women and girls around the world: (1) abuse of females within marriage and other intimate relationships; and, (2) coerced sex, whether it occurs in childhood, adolescence, or adulthood. The report finds that around the world at least one woman in every three has been beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused in her lifetime. Most often the abuser is a member of her own family.

This document includes the paper Costs of Male Violence by Stefan de Vylder as its Appendix. "In this report, seven masculinity researchers write about masculinity in different parts of the world and about how masculinity is often linked to violence. These acts of violence are committed not only against women and children, but also against other men. The writers suggest a number of ways in which men can be involved in working to combat men's violence."

The argument presented in this paper is articulated through 13 key principles:

It also looks at the causes and consequences of domestic violence including health consequences, the imapct on children, the denial of fundamental rights and the undermining of a female's human development goals. It calculates the socio-economic costs of this violence and suggests an integrated approach to strategies and interventions on multiple systemic levels: the family, the local community, the state, and through international means.

The report found that 'serious crimes' were reported at around the same level in 2000 as 1999, after nearly a decade of decreases. It also found that the number of rapes and assaults reported to law enforcement officials increased slightly.

Analyses provide household prevalence estimates for violent and property crimes and information on those households experiencing vandalism and intimate partner violence. Findings are presented by race and Hispanic origin, by region, by urban, suburban or rural location and by household size. Overall trends since 1994 are included. Comparisons with 2002 are made."

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