TCW Foundation

Today's Chicago Woman Foundation

FACTS AND FIGURES

The majority of women that the TCW Foundation assists are victims of domestic violence. Domestic abuse happens in families of every race, religion, education and income level. The statistics from the City of Chicago Domestic Violence Help Line are staggering:

• Domestic violence is five times more likely to affect women than the most prevalent communicable disease in Chicago.
• In 2002, 15,626 calls were answered from across the city; more than 500 calls a day.
• More than half of the victims of intimate violence had children under age 12 and the vast majority of victims experienced both emotional and physical abuse.
• Nationwide, nearly one-third of American women report being physically abused by a husband or boyfriend at some point in their lives
• 50 percent of husbands who assaulted their wives also frequently abused their children.

TCW Foundation
150 E Huron, Ste 1001
Chicago, IL 60611
p: 312.951.7600 ext 102
sleigh@tcwmag.com

The TCW Foundation is a foundation inspired by Today's Chicago Woman Magazine