Fact sheet Mauritius: Effects of violence

I STORY: Click here to view

Key facts

• Survivors of GBV in Mauritius suffer a range of effects including physical injury, hospitalisation, death, miscarriages, pregnancy complications, loss of days from work, STI symptoms and out-of pocket expenses.
• About two in every five (39%) of physically abused women suffered injury.
• Over two fifths (41%) of the injured women had serious injuries and were bedridden as a result.
• Half (50%) of the injured women had to take days off work because of the injuries.
• Two thirds (66.7%) of women that experienced IPV in a lifetime were diagnosed with an STI.
• Experience of IPV was associated with ever having an ulcer or abnormal vaginal discharge.
• The majority of women (93%) of women in the study have never tested for HIV.
• One in every six (16%) of women who experienced IPV in lifetime attempted suicide.
• About a tenth (9%) of women who experienced IPV in the 12 months to the survey had suicidal thoughts in the four weeks before the survey.
• Over a quarter (27%) of women who experienced IPV in the 12 months before the survey had depressive symptoms.

Click here for more information from the GBV Indicators research.

If you would like to comment, please fill in your comments in the box below.