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Switzerland Today
![[Topical image on domestic violence, posed picture 2010] Around one woman out of ten becomes a victim of physical or sexual violence within a relationship in the course of her adult life. In 2007 in 15'500 cases of counseling at Switzerland's cantonal victim's assistance information centers, a relationship existed between the victim and its perpetrator. Between 2011 and 2004, on average each year 22 female and 4 male victims died as a result of violence suffered in a partner relationship. [Themenbild Gewalt in der Ehe, gestellte Aufnahme 2010] Schaetzungsweise jede zehnte Frau wird im Laufe ihres Erwachsenenlebens in einer Paarbeziehung Opfer koerperlicher oder sexueller Gewalt. 2007 bestand bei rund 15'500 Beratungen der kantonalen Opferberatungsstellen in der Schweiz eine haeusliche Beziehung zwischen Opfer und Taeter. An den Folgen von Gewalt in Paarbeziehungen starben zwischen 2001 und 2004 pro Jahr im Mittel 22 weibliche und 4 maennliche Opfer. (KEYSTONE/Luis Berg)](https://www.swissinfo.ch/content/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2024/10/110431928_highres.jpg?ver=065195c1)
