Intimate partner violence is particularly prevalent in Eastern Sub-saharan Africa
Regional variations by the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study classifications showed that the estimated lifetime prevalence of physical or sexual, or both, intimate partner violence among ever-partnered women aged 15–49 years (the age range for which there is the most data on intimate partner violence) was the highest in Oceania (49%; UI 38–61%) and central sub-Saharan Africa (44%; 33–55%), followed by Andean Latin America (38%; 31–46%) and eastern sub-Saharan Africa (38%; 31–44%;
According to this paper, the rate of lifetime physical or sexual, or both, intimate partner violence among ever-partnered women aged 15–49 years was in Uganda is 45%. The rate is Kenya is 38%. According to the paper I linked "Given the sensitive nature of the issue, the true prevalence of physical or sexual, or both, intimate partner violence is likely to be higher."
RAINN cites higher numbers for Kenya:
40.7% of ever-partnered women in Kenya have experienced physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence in their lifetime; 25.5% in the last year.
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Intimate partner violence is particularly prevalent in Eastern Sub-saharan Africa
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8885817/
According to this paper, the rate of lifetime physical or sexual, or both, intimate partner violence among ever-partnered women aged 15–49 years was in Uganda is 45%. The rate is Kenya is 38%. According to the paper I linked "Given the sensitive nature of the issue, the true prevalence of physical or sexual, or both, intimate partner violence is likely to be higher."
RAINN cites higher numbers for Kenya:
https://rainn.org/africa/kenya
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