One in three EU women face violence, most cases unreported, survey finds

FILE PHOTO: People attend a demonstration to protest against femicide, sexual violence and all gender-based violence ahead of the International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women, in Valletta, Malta November 23, 2025. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi/File Photo

BRUSSELS, March ⁠3 (Reuters) - Physical and sexual violence affects roughly a third of women ⁠in the European Union during their lifetime, but most incidents go ‌unreported, a survey revealed on Tuesday.

The results of the survey, conducted by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) and the European Institute for Gender Equality, showed that only 11.3% of women reported ​physical or sexual abuse by non-partners to the ⁠police, and just 6.1% reported violence ⁠by intimate partners.