WHAT: JFCS Seventh Annual Brighter Tomorrow luncheon
WHO: Keynote speaker Jackson Katz, Ph.D.,author and educator specializing in gender violence
WHY: Benefit for JFCS Shelter Without Walls
WHEN: 11:45 am Friday, Feb. 26
WHERE: Arizona Biltmore Hotel, Phoenix
TICKETS: jfcsaz.org or 602-279-7655
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE BY THE NUMBERS
Courtesy Jewish Family & Children’s Service – Shelter Without Walls
- Every nine seconds a woman is assaulted or beaten in the United States.
- One in four women reports experiencing domestic violence in her lifetime.
- Domestic violence kills an average of three women a day.
- Domestic violence affects more women than breast cancer, lung cancer and ovarian cancer combined.
- Domestic violence doesn’t discriminate. It affects all incomes, races and communities.
- Women ages 18 to 34 experience the highest rates of intimate partner violence.
- Every 30 minutes in Arizona, a family is turned away from a shelter due to lack of space.
- Domestic violence victims face high rates of depression, sleep disturbances, anxiety, flashbacks and other emotional distress.
- Domestic violence contributes to poor health for many survivors including chronic conditions such as heart disease or gastrointestinal disorders.
- Domestic violence costs more than $37 billion a year in law enforcement involvement, legal work medical and mental health treatment and lost productivity at companies.
- Without help, boys who witness domestic violence are far more likely to become abusers of their partners and/or children as adults, thus continuing the cycle of violence in the next generation.
- Most domestic violence incidents are never reported.
