UN Women’s 2011 Progress of the World’s Women : In Pursuit of Justice report

According to UN Women’s 2011 Progress of the World’s Women: In Pursuit of Justice report, out of 179 countries with available data, 52 had laws against marital rape, while 127 countries did not have laws against marital rape.
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As this map indicates, the international community appears split on whether it legally recognizes certain forms of rape, including marital rape. In practice, however, marital rape is a global problem that affects women in every country.
In Sweden, “9.2 percent of women who participated in the WHO’s Violence Against Women instrument (VAWI) study suffered sexual violence by an intimate partner.”
In Belarus, “a 2008 study of women conducted by the Belarus State University found that 13.1 percent of respondents reported that they had experienced sexual violence from their intimate partner”
In Turkey, “a Human Rights Watch report issued…documents brutal and long-lasting violence against women and girls in Turkey by husbands, partners, and family members, and the survivors’ struggle to get protection. A study by Turkey’s Hacettepe University has shown that about 42 percent of Turkish women experience physical or sexual violence inflicted by a relative at some point in their lives.”
In Australia, “12 percent of women reported experiencing sexual violence by an intimate partner (current or former) over their lifetimes, including instances of attempted (3 percent) and completed (6 percent) forced intercourse (i.e. rape).”
In Colombia, it was found “that the figures relating specifically to rape by the husband or partner show a fall of 2 percentage points between 2005 and 2010, the rate for this type of abuse having declined from 11.5 to 9.7 per cent. The percentage relating to spousal rape nevertheless remains very high”
In Zambia, “among ever-married women, [a] current husband/partner is reportedly the most common perpetrator of sexual violence (37 percent).”
In China, a “domestic survey revealed that about one-fifth of male respondents said they had forced their partners to have sex…The study in China also showed that women are more at risk of rape from a partner than a non-partner. Among women who had been raped, three in five had been raped by a partner.”

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