One out of 3 women globally have experienced GBV, the World Health Organization reported in a 2013 study on violence against women.
• The lack of access to services to prevent, report and hold perpetrators accountable for GBV can exacerbate effects and prevalence of GBV in emergencies. • Survivors of GBV are: ✓ at higher risk of suffering death, including suicide ✓ twice as likely to experience depression ✓ almost twice as likely to have alcohol use disorders ✓ 16 per cent more likely to have a low birth-weight baby ✓ 1.5 times more likely to acquire HIV and 1.5 times more likely to contact syphilis infection, chlamydia or gonorrhoea