Where is dreamhack being streamed ? <| sep |># 41 % of Indian women face violence before the age of 19 SurveyHighlights 1 . More than four in 10 women in India experience harassmentviolence before the age of 191 . Around 73 % of women have experienced some form of violence or harassment in the past month 1 . More than 1 in 4 women said they had been groped in the past monthIMAGE 155609639 , width 400 , resizemode 455609639 . jpgNEW DELHI More than four in 10 women 41 % in India experience harassment or violence before the age of 19 , according to a newActionAidresearch . The fournation survey conducted by the international women and child rights NGO also revealed that women experience harassment for the first time at a very young age with 6 % of them experiencing it before the age of 10 in India . The figure for Brazil is 16 %, while it is 12 % in UK and 8 % in Thailand . The survey will be released on Friday . The research also found that around 73 % of women in India have experienced some form of violence or harassment in the past month . The figure is higher in other countries with 87 % of women polled in Brazil and 67 % in Thailand having been subjected to harassment or violence in the past month . In UK , it was 57 %. More than one in four 26 % women in India said they had been groped in the past month . This compared with one in five women in Brazil 20 %, one in four women in Thailand 26 % and one in six in UK 16 %, according to the YouGov poll of over 2 , 500 women aged 18 and above . The poll was commissioned to mark International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women and was conducted online with 2 , 518 participants . The findings also show how women are increasingly taking steps in their daily lives to guard against such threats . More than 82 % women in India said they had taken steps to protect themselves against harassment . This figure was 91 % for women between 25 and 34 years old . The measures they take range from avoiding parks and poorly lit areas 35 % and changing a travel route 36 % to using everyday objects like keys as a weapon 23 % or carrying a protective device such as a rape alarm or pepper spray 18 %. Speaking about the survey , ActionAid India executive director Sandeep Chachra said , Cross country findings suggest immediate action is needed to curb harassment and violence against women . While awareness on rights of women , women ' s abilities and potential has increased over decades , we are still a long way off from realizing the promise of a just and equal world for half of our humanity . Threats to safety of women are directly related to patriarchal mindsets that manifest itself on streets , at the workplace and at homes . Version 0 . 5 b Function I post the article ' s text as a comment if the website is adblocker unfriendly . I accept commands ! Rendered by PROMETHEUS