Every 4th woman in Georgia has become a victim of violence directly from her partner, it is reported in a new national study on violence against women conducted by the UN Women’s Organization and the National Statistics Office of Georgia with the support of the European Union.

According to the study, every second woman in Georgia has experienced at least 1 form of violence during her life, 24% - psychological violence; 8% - economic violence; 6% - physical violence; 4% - sexual violence.

In Georgia, 8.5% of women under the age of 18 have experienced sexual violence.

According to the research, every 5th woman who has experienced physical or sexual violence from her partner has also received trauma. 45.8% of cases were witnessed by a child. 16.8% of these women thought about suicide or self-harm at least once.