surge - a sudden and great increase, violence - actions or words that are intended to hurt people, misogyny - feelings of hating women, or the belief that men are much better than women, the tip of the iceberg - a small, noticeable part of a problem, the total size of which is really much greater, substantial - large in size, value, or importance, instance - a particular situation, event, or fact, especially an example of something that happens generally, gravity - seriousness, endemic - especially of a disease or a condition, regularly found and very common among a particular group or in a particular area, threat - a suggestion that something unpleasant or violent will happen, especially if a particular action or order is not followed, scale - the size or level of something, especially when this is large, unacceptable - too bad to be accepted, approved of, or allowed to continue, issue - to produce or provide something official, staggering - very shocking and surprising, emergency - something dangerous or serious, such as an accident, that happens suddenly or unexpectedly and needs fast action in order to avoid harmful results, no longer - in the past but not now, inevitable - certain to happen and unable to be avoided or prevented, domestic - belonging or relating to the home, house, or family, perpetrator - someone who has committed a crime or a violent or harmful act, stalking - the crime of illegally following and watching someone over a period of time, rape - to force someone to have sex when they are unwilling, using violence or threatening behaviour, harassment - behaviour that annoys or upsets someone,

Violence against women and girls at 'epidemic' levels

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