Editing Developing country (section)

===Violence against women===
{{Main|Violence against women}}
[[File:A formation of human chain at India Gate by the women from different walks of life at the launch of a National Campaign on prevention of violence against women, in New Delhi on October 02, 2009.jpg|thumb|A formation of human chain at India Gate by the women from different walks of life at the launch of a National Campaign on prevention of violence against women, in New Delhi on 2 October 2009]]
Several forms of [[violence against women]] are more prevalent in developing countries than in other parts of the world. [[Acid throwing]] is associated with Southeast Asia, including Cambodia. [[Honor killing]] is associated with the Middle East and the Indian Subcontinent. [[Marriage by abduction]] is found in Ethiopia, Central Asia and the Caucasus. Abuse related to payment of [[bride price]] (such as violence, trafficking and forced marriage) is linked to parts of Sub-Saharan Africa and Oceania.<ref>{{cite news | title = Papua New Guinea: police cite bride price major factor in marital violence | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218182845/http://www.violenceisnotourculture.org/News-and-Views/papua-new-guinea-police-cite-bride-price-major-factor-marital-violence | archive-date = 18 February 2015 |url=http://www.violenceisnotourculture.org/News-and-Views/papua-new-guinea-police-cite-bride-price-major-factor-marital-violence | work = Island Business |via=Violence is not our Culture |date=21 November 2011 |access-date=6 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=An exploratory study of bride price and domestic violence in Bundibugyo District, Uganda |url=http://www.mrc.ac.za/gender/Bridepricedomesticviolence.pdf |publisher=Centre for Human Rights Advancement (CEHURA) and [[South African Medical Research Council]] |date=April 2012 |access-date=6 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130717105205/http://www.mrc.ac.za/gender/Bridepricedomesticviolence.pdf |archive-date=17 July 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[Female genital mutilation]] (FGM) is another form of violence against women which is still occurring in many developing countries. It is found mostly in Africa, and to a lesser extent in the Middle East and some other parts of Asia. Developing countries with the highest rate of women who have been cut are Somalia (with 98% of women affected), Guinea (96%), Djibouti (93%), Egypt (91%), Eritrea (89%), Mali (89%), Sierra Leone (88%), Sudan (88%), Gambia (76%), Burkina Faso (76%), and Ethiopia (74%).<ref name="unicef.org">{{cite book | last = UNICEF | author-link = UNICEF | title = Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: A statistical overview and exploration of the dynamics of change |url=http://www.unicef.org/media/files/FGCM_Lo_res.pdf | publisher = [[UNICEF]] | date = 22 July 2013 | access-date = 18 November 2013 | archive-date = 5 April 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405083031/http://www.unicef.org/media/files/FGCM_Lo_res.pdf | url-status = dead }}</ref> Due to [[globalization]] and immigration, FGM is spreading beyond the borders of Africa, Asia and the Middle East, and to countries such as Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, New Zealand, the U.S., and UK.<ref>{{cite book | last = Nussbaum | first = Martha | name-list-style = vanc | author-link = Martha Nussbaum | chapter = Judging other cultures: the case of genital mutilation | chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=43U8DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA120 | editor-last = Nussbaum | editor-first = Martha | editor-link = Martha Nussbaum | title = Sex & social justice | pages = [https://archive.org/details/sexsocialjustice00nuss/page/120 120–121] | publisher = Oxford University Press | location = New York | year = 1999 | isbn = 978-0195110326 | url-access = registration |url=https://archive.org/details/sexsocialjustice00nuss/page/120 }}</ref>

The [[Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence|Istanbul Convention]] prohibits female genital mutilation (Article 38).<ref>{{cite book | title = Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence |url=https://rm.coe.int/168046031c | date = 12 April 2011 | access-date = 8 October 2017 | archive-date = 26 May 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526172721/https://rm.coe.int/168046031c | url-status = live }}</ref> As of 2016, [[FGM]] has been legally banned in many African countries.<ref>''Citations'':
* {{cite news | last = Lyons | first = Kate | title = The Gambia bans female genital mutilation |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/nov/24/the-gambia-bans-female-genital-mutilation | work = [[The Guardian]] | date = 24 November 2015 | access-date = 9 May 2016 | archive-date = 4 January 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180104210127/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/nov/24/the-gambia-bans-female-genital-mutilation | url-status = live }}
* {{cite news | last = Richards | first = Kimberly | title = History has been made: female genital mutilation banned in Nigeria |url=http://aplus.com/a/nigeria-bans-genital-mutilation | work = [[A Plus (aplus.com)|A Plus]] | date = 3 June 2015 | access-date = 9 May 2016 | archive-date = 8 May 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508152355/http://aplus.com/a/nigeria-bans-genital-mutilation | url-status = live }}
* {{cite book | last = UNFPA | author-link = UNFPA | title = Female genital mutilation (FGM) frequently asked questions |url=http://www.unfpa.org/resources/female-genital-mutilation-fgm-frequently-asked-questions | publisher = [[United Nations Population Fund]] | date = December 2015 | access-date = 9 May 2016 | archive-date = 4 August 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804194439/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/nov/24/the-gambia-bans-female-genital-mutilation | url-status = live }}</ref>
[[File:Women who experienced violence by an intimate partner, OWID.svg|alt=An image showing statistics by percentage of share of women, older than 14 years old who experienced violence by an intimate partner.|thumb|239x239px|Percentage of women older than 14 who have experienced violence by an intimate partner]]
According to [[UN Women]] facts and figures on ending [[violence against women]],<ref name=":10" /> it is estimated that 35 percent of women worldwide have experienced either physical and [[Intimate partner sexual violence|sexual violence by intimate partners]] or [[sexual violence]] by a non-partner (not including [[sexual harassment]]) at some point in their lives. Evidence shows women who have had experienced physical or sexual [[intimate partner violence]] report higher rates of depression, having an [[abortion]] and acquiring [[HIV]], compared to women who have not had experienced any physical or sexual violence.<ref name=":10" />

Data from the [[Middle East]] and [[North Africa]] shows that men who witnessed their fathers against their mothers, and men who experienced some form of violence as children, more likely have reported perpetrating intimate partner violence in their adult relationships.<ref name=":10">{{cite web|title=Facts and figures: Ending violence against women|url=https://www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-do/ending-violence-against-women/facts-and-figures|access-date=26 September 2020|website=UN Women|language=en|archive-date=25 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525050922/http://www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-do/ending-violence-against-women/facts-and-figures|url-status=live}}</ref>