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2019 statistics on domestic violence in the PA

Headline: “On the eve of International Women’s Day, Palestinian women in numbers”

“The statistics of the 2019 violence survey showed that the Hebron district is the West Bank district where violence by husbands against their wives or ex-wives aged 18 to 64 is the most prevalent, as this rate has reached 37%, and after it is the Jenin district with 27%, with the last district being Jerusalem with 11%. However, in terms of the Gaza Strip districts, in the Khan Yunis and Gaza districts violence by husbands against their wives or ex-wives is the most prevalent, at rates of 41% and 40% respectively, with the lowest rate being in the Deir Al-Balah district with 30%.”


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