The scale of harm — and the gaps systems leave open

28.8M

U.S. women reporting lifetime stalking (CDC NISVS 2023–24) — more than 1 in 5

98.7%

of female stalking victims felt afraid, threatened, or concerned for safety

43.5M

women experienced intimate-partner violence with at least one measured impact

52.4%

of female stalking victims experienced threats of physical harm

85.2%

experienced mental or emotional harm from stalking

~99%

advocacy-sector estimate of DV cases involving financial abuse

Physical, sexual, and intimate-partner violence (more than 1 in 3 women report contact SV, physical violence, or stalking by an intimate partner)
Stalking, doxxing, and social-media weaponization
Legal abuse and forced disclosure of phones and locations
Identity theft and hostage-taking of personal records — medical files, marriage certificates, licenses, passports, evidence
Alimony and child-support games that starve households or enable stalking
Online IP theft of women's and children's images and voice

Complex PTSD, learned helplessness, memory disruption, TBI effects
Work, parenting, and daily-function collapse under trauma
Children's schooling, sleep, health, and stability
Digital and legal abuse still lack clean national measures
Women's health gaps that Force for Health and local commissions track as funding and job signals