Sexual Violence
Sexual violence is understood along a continuum from street harassment, unwanted comment or jokes, voyeurism. exhibitionism, sharing sexual photographs without permission, sharing or unwanted viewing of degrading sexual imagery, online & mobile sexual harassment, fondling, incest, ritual abuse, rape (date, marital, partner, stranger, multiple perpetrators), rape during armed conflict, trafficking & sexual exploitation.
§ 15-25% of college & university aged women experience sexual abuse during their academic career
§ Women aged 15-24 present the highest rates of dating violence
§ Only 5% of sexual assaults are reported to police