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Cambodia was the only area where gang rape was the most commonly reported form of non-partner rape. 45% answered that sexual entitlement was their motive for raping a woman and 42% said they raped to punish a woman. 11.7% of rapists had raped 4 or more women. 52% first perpetrated rape as teenagers and 15.8% first did so under the age of 15. 44 ...
More than 370 million girls and women alive today, or one in every eight worldwide, experienced rape or sexual assault before the age of 18, the United Nations children's agency said on Wednesday.
About 33% of Native women are raped and are stalked at a rate double that of any other population. [39] These counts may be underestimated. Native tribal courts are not able to prosecute non-tribal members for sexual assault and rape. Non-Native American men are responsible for most of the assaults against Native American women. [37]
A survey of sex workers in Bangladesh revealed that 49% of the women had been raped and 59% beaten by police in the previous year; the men reported much lower levels of violence. [43] In Ethiopia , a study of sex workers also found high rates of physical and sexual violence from clients, especially against the child sex workers.
A record high number of girls in high school have experienced sexual violence in the past year. New data from the CDC says in 2021, 1 in 5 (18%) of girls in grades nine through 12 grade ...
At least 128 sexual assaults occurred after the peace agreement was signed last November, according Scores of women and girls were sexually assaulted after peace deal in Ethiopia's Tigray, study shows
The 2010 National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey found that 13.1% of lesbians, 46.1% of bisexual women, and 17.4% of heterosexual women have been raped, physically assaulted, or stalked. [ 42 ]
The study was focused on women because there is a higher volume of women sexually assaulted in prisons, making the majority of the reporting cases studied female. [37] The study addressed the individual-level factors that contribute to the reporting of sexual assault in prisons.