14.5% of ever-partnered women/girls 15-49 experienced physical/sexual IPV in previous 12 months in underlying survey evi
Source
UNFPA — https://www.unfpa.org/GBV-dashboard/countries/PK. Verified in source set / retroactive normalization pending.
What it proves
GBV is a significant structural problem; use to establish scale.
How to deploy: Use 14.5% of ever-partnered women/girls 15-49 experienced physical/sexual IPV in previous 12 months in underlying survey evi (14.5% of ever-partnered women/girls 15-49 experienced physical/sexual IPV in previous 12 months in underlying survey evidence., survey evidence) to support the claim that GBV is a significant structural problem; use to establish scale.
What it does not prove: The denominator is ever-partnered women and girls aged 15-49 and the window is only the previous 12 months, so it excludes lifetime exposure, never-partnered women and anyone outside that age band — lifetime prevalence in the same survey family is far higher at 24.5%. It is self-reported violence disclosed to an enumerator, so it is a floor, not a count.
Memory hook: 14.5% → one in seven partnered women assaulted within a single year
Rebuts the claim: 'Violence against women is a matter of isolated, sensational cases' — this establishes annual prevalence at population scale.