Donate your Statuses Today!!

Today until 12 am October 26th 2011 I am asking everyone to help with this movement to raise awareness against abuse, For Facebook :Change your statuses right now to ‘HELP Women Who Fight Foundation @ www.giveforward.org/womenwhofightfoundation, and encourage everyone to do the same!

• Every 9 seconds, a woman is battered in the U.S.
  Family Violence Prevention Fund, 1994.
• 95% of all victims of domestic violence are women.
  Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report, U.S. Dept. of Justice.
• Domestic Violence is the single major cause of injury to women, more than muggings and car accidents combined.
  First Comprehensive National Health Study of American Women, The Commonwealth Fund, 1993.
• Domestic Violence is the cause of 30% of physical disabilities in women.
  California Department of Social Services, 1994.
• 50% of all women murdered in the United States are killed by a spouse or an acquaintance.
  Journal of Trauma, 1992
• Domestic Violence occurs in 60% of marriages and is the most underreported crime.
  National Crime Statistics Report, 1993.
• 90% of battered women reported that their children were present when they were beaten.
  National Crime Statistics Report, 1993.
• 25% to 30% of adolescent relationships are abusive.
  L.A. Commission on Assaults Against Women
• 1/2 of all rape victims are raped between the ages of 14 and 17.
  L.A. Commission on Assaults Against Women
• As few as 5% of domestic violence victims are identified as such in Emergency Department records.
  American Journal of Public Health, 1989.
• Domestic Violence costs an estimated $1.4 billion annually in medical bills, and an additional $900 million in mental health treatment.
  National Public Services Research Institute, 1994.
• Domestic Violence is responsible for a $3 to 5 billion loss each year for employers due to absenteeism.
  California Department of Social Services
  
  
  
  www.womenwhofightfoundation.org