STATISTICS

  • “1.3 women in the U.S. are raped every minute." -National Center for Domestic Sexual Violence (NCDSV)

  • "1 of 4 women experienced sexual violence by their partner." -National Center for Domestic Sexual Violence (NCDSV)

  • "90% of rape victims are female." -Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN)

  • ”10% of rape victims are male.” -Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN)

  • “1 of 71 men are raped in their lifetime.” -Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN)

  • "99% of sexual violence perpetrators walk free." -Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN)

  • "57% of sexual violence perpetrators are white." -Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN)

  • “51% of sexual assaults occur between 16-21 years old." -Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN)

  • "94% of female rape survivors develop symptoms of PTSD." -Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN)

  • "Every 90 seconds a person in the U.S. is sexually assaulted." -Bureau of Justice Statstics, U.S. Department of Justice

  • "1 of 5 girls in high school experience sexual abuse by partner." -National Institute of Justice

  • "81% of women experience sexual harassment." - Stop Street Harassment

  • "Rape is the most traumatic event to survive." -‘Men Explain Things to Me,’ by Rebecca Solnit

  • "The leading cause of death of pregnant women is a homicide." -‘Men Explain Things to Me,’ by Rebecca Solnit

  • "1 of 5 women are sexually assaulted in college." -National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC)

  • 3 in 10 women in the US experience rape, physical violence and/or stalking by a partner” and report a related impact on their< functioning. - National Domestic Violence Hotline

  • "8 of 10 rapes victims knew their perpetrator.” - National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC)

  • "2 of 10 rapes were committed by a stranger." - National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC)

  • "1 of 5 women are sexually assaulted in college." - National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC)

  • 1 of 4 girls experience sexual assault before 18." - National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC)

  • “1 of 6 boys experience sexual assault before 18.” - National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC)

  • "63% of rapes are not reported to police." - National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC)

  • "47% of transgender people are sexually assaulted in their lifetime." -United States Transgender Survery

  • "28% of male rape victims are under 10 years old." - National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survery (NISVS)

  • "61% of LGBTQ women experience sexual assault." -National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survery (NISVS)

  • "300,000 female college students are sexually assaulted every year." -Bureau of Justice Statistics

  • "21% of girls worldwide are married by 18." -Girls Not Brides/Global Partnership to End Child Marriage

  • "61% of LGBTQ women experience sexual assault." -National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survery (NISVS)

  • "300,000 female college students are sexually assaulted every year." -Bureau of Justice Statistics

  • “4 in 5 victims of intimate partner violence were female. - National Domestic Violence Hotline

  • Nearly 33% of women killed in U.S. workplaces between 2003-2008 were killed by a current or former intimate partner.- National Domestic Violence Hotline

  • The UN says at least one in three women will be beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused in her lifetime.-

  • Women between the ages of 15 and 44 are at greater risk from rape and domestic violence than from cancer, traffic accidents, war and malaria, says the UN.

  • It says violence against women has been reported in every international or non-international warzone and that half of all women murdered are killed by their current or former partner.

  • One in three women is likely to be beaten, coerced into sex or abused in her lifetime

  • One in five women will be a victim of rape or attempted rape

  • Women make up more than 80% of trafficked people

  • Up to 130m women have been subjected to genital mutilation

    Source: UN

  • Battering is the leading cause of injury to women aged 15-44 in the U.S.

  • The FBI, which gathers data from law enforcement officaial indicated that 102,555 women were victims of rape in 1990

  • Rape in America study estimates that 683,000 women are raped every year

  • Approximately 50% of the homeless women and children in this country are on the streets because of violence in their homes.

  • 1/5th to ½ of U.s. Women were sexuall abused as children, at least once, more than half of them by an older male relative.

  • “Women are statistically safer out on the street than they are in their homes.”


  • 2/3rd of women who recieve public assistance have been abused by an intimate partner at some times in their lives.