Limited comprehensive data exists globally on Violence against

Women due to the sensitivity of the issue, underreporting and limited

research. World data is drawn from the WHO multi-country Study

on Women's Health and Domestic Violence against Women. For

purposes of comparison, data of developing countries in the region,

namely Thailand and Bangladesh, is used from the WHO study. The

range of percentages for Thailand and Bangladesh represents the

findings from rural and urban sites in both countries.