10/25/2025
📊 Reality in numbers:
• In the U.S., more than 1 in 3 women (35.6 %) and 1 in 4 men (28.5 %) have experienced r**e, physical violence and/or stalking by an intimate partner in their lifetime. 
• Nearly 15 % of women and about 4 % of men reported being injured as a result of intimate partner violence that included r**e, physical violence and/or stalking. 
• Among men: About 1 in 10 men experienced contact sexual violence, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner in their lifetime and reported some form of impact. 
• In homicide: Nearly ½ of all female homicide victims are killed by a current or former intimate partner. 
• For male victims: Only about 6 % of male murder victims were killed by an intimate partner (2021 U.S. data). 
❤️ A call to remembrance and action:
Look into the mirror of our shared humanity — the reflection of loss, of voices we must amplify.
We honour those lost to domestic violence by listening, by believing, by acting.
Let’s be a new story: safe homes, trusted voices, empowered lives.
🛠 What you can do:
• Create space for someone who says they’re hurting.
• Help them believe: you are not invisible.
• Equip them with a plan: safe exit, local support, legal protection.
• Share the mirror: show the reflection of hope and healing.
• Carry the legacy: let the names of the silenced ripple outward — into scholarships, vigils, awareness campaigns, support lines.