\\\'Extensive\\\' abuse of women in EU reported

A huge and damning new report revealed Wednesday "extensive" physical or sexual abuse against women across the EU, with one in three falling victim but far too few going to the police. In addition, five percent of the 42,000 women interviewed said they have been raped and just over one in ten experienced sexual violence by an adult before they were 15, according to the survey by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA). The report "shows that physical, sexual and psychological violence against women is an extensive human rights abuse in all EU Member States," the Vienna-based group's director Morten Kjaerum said. Just over one in three women has experienced physical or sexual assault, and one in five from either a current or previous partner, according to AFP.