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1 in 4 women will experience domestic violence in their lifetime.1
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  1. (Tjaden, Patricia and Thoennes, Nancy. National Institute of Justice and the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, "Extent, Nature, and Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence." 2000)

 



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