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"Violence against women and girls
is a human rights violation, public health pandemic and serious obstacle to sustainable development. It imposes large-scale costs on families, communities and economies. The world cannot afford to pay this price."
Ban Ki-moon, former UN Secretary-General
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Vancouver, BC
National Sexual Assault
Telephone Hotline
(USA)
Call 800.656.HOPE (4673) to be connected with a trained staff member from a sexual assault service provider in your area.
Domestic violence is the intentional use of emotional, psychological, sexual or physical force by one family member or intimate partner to control another. Victims of domestic violence who struggle with addiction face significant barriers to receiving treatment, but programs that effectively address addiction and abuse-related trauma are available.
Domestic abuse against female partners was 2 to 4 times higher among men with alcohol problems than among other men.
Domestic abuse against female partners was 2 to 4 times higher among men with alcohol problems than among other men.
According to the United States Bureau of Justice Statistics, 85% of domestic violence victims are women. Women who suffer from substance use disorder are also more vulnerable to domestic violence than women who do not use substances. Also, women who experience domestic violence are more likely to have drug and/or alcohol addiction problems than women who aren’t in violent relationships.
"5 Common Things Survivors Of Sexual Assault Blame Themselves For, But Never Should"
By EMMA MCGOWAN
Nov 20 2017
Click to read
What If We Just Believed Women?
One of the reasons Harvey Weinstein was able to allegedly prey on women for 30 years is that victims were afraid no one would hear them out if they came forward.
Campus Sexual Violence: Statistics
Women Ages 18-24 Are at an Elevated Risk of Sexual Violence
Sexual violence on campus is pervasive.
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11.2% of all students experience rape or sexual assault through physical force, violence, or incapacitation (among all graduate and undergraduate students).
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Among graduate and professional students, 8.8% of females and 2.2% of males experience rape or sexual assault through physical force, violence, or incapacitation.
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Among undergraduate students, 23.1% of females and 5.4% of males experience rape or sexual assault through physical force, violence, or incapacitation.
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4.2% of students have experienced stalking since entering college.
Student or not, college-age adults are at high risk for sexual violence.
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Male college-aged students (18-24) are 78% more likely than non-students of the same age to be a victim of rape or sexual assault.
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Female college-aged students (18-24) are 20% less likely than non-students of the same age to be a victim of rape or sexual assault.
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Only 20% of female student victims, age 18-24, report to law enforcement.1
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Only 32% of nonstudent females the same age do make a report.1
What is Rape Culture?
Minnie Driver and Alyssa Milano
just personally explained rape
culture to Matt Damon
Read more :
Marie Claire on Twitter
TO READ THE WHOLE DOCUMENT, CLICK HERE
www.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/77434/1/WHO_RHR_12.37_eng.pdf
Violence against women and girls stops us being free and living the lives we choose
EVAW is a leading coalition of specialist women’s support services, researchers, activists, survivors and NGOs working to end violence against women and girls in all its forms.
Established in 2005, we campaign for every level of government to adopt better, more joined up approaches to ending and preventing violence against women and girls, and we challenge the wider cultural attitudes that tolerate and condone this abuse.
The EVAW Coalition is a company limited by guarantee (no. 7317881) and a registered charity (no. 1161132).
NEWS NEWS NEWS
BY RACHEL THOMPSON APR 17, 2020
In March, half of visitors to the National Sexual Assault hotline were minors
BY ANNA IOVINE APR 14, 2020
How to help domestic violence victims during the coronavirus pandemic
The aftermath:
Depression, PTSD
Cara Delevingne, interviewed by Rupert Everett, speaks about depressive disorder
THE COST OF RAPE
CLICK HERE TO READ THIS ARTICLE
Rapists rape people, not outfits!
