Domestic violence among women attending out-patient clinics in Ain Shams University Hospitals, Cairo, Egypt.

Violence affects millions of women worldwide and it cuts across cultural and religious barriers, impeding the women's right to participate fully in the society. A descriptive cross sectional study was conducted to determine the prevalence of domestic violence among ever married females presenting to out patient clinics in Ain Shams university hospitals and to identify factors affecting it. Out of a total number of 509 women, 89.