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Statistics on Gender-Based Violence in Asian and Pacific Islander Communities, 2017

This factsheet compiles statistics on domestic violence, sexual violence, domestic violence related homicide, stalking, child exposure to family violence, and human trafficking in Asian and Pacific Islander communities.

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Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence

December 2017

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