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About a [third / thirdly] of all women in the European Union have experienced violence at some [times / time] in their life. A survey from the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights [find / found] that around 62 million women over the age of 15 have experienced [physically / physical] or sexual violence. The agency interviewed [more / over] 42,000 women across Europe. The women [gave / given] details about violence at home and at work. This included domestic [abused / abuse] , rape, stalking, sexual harassment and online [bully / bullying] . The survey found that 22 per cent of women [suffered / suffering] from violence by a husband or boyfriend. It also found that 67 per cent of the women did not report serious domestic violence [to / for] the police.

The EU said that laws have to [chance / change] to protect women. They want to make domestic violence a [public / publicly] offence. At the moment police in many countries cannot [stopped / stop] domestic violence because it [happens / happening] in the home. The agency's director said the violence against women shows there is, "an [extensive / expensive] human rights abuse" in all EU countries. He added: "These [surely / survey] figures simply cannot and should not be [ignorant / ignored] ." He said violence against women was a huge problem that [affects / effects] everyone, saying: "The enormity of the problem is proof that violence against women does not just [impact / compact] a few women only. It impacts on society every day." The agency said there was a strong link [between / among] alcohol and the violence.