ABSTRACT
Domestic/intimate partner violence, sexual assault and stalking are the most extensively surveyed forms of violence at national level. Data are sparser on sexual exploitation and trafficking, female genital mutilation/cutting, and femicide. Evidence consistently shows that women of color experience the highest rates of multiple forms of violence. Child marriage in the United States is garnering increasing media attention but knowledge about its extent is limited. That most perpetrators of all these forms of violence are men, in line with the international evidence base, is even more invisible. This chapter presents current prevalence estimates from the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS) and additional studies that focus on marginalized women and girls. It reflects on how feminist researchers developed promising practices in enabling women to name violations, and implications for the knowledge base.
