Smith et al., 2018
A majority of female victims of completed or attempted rape first experienced such victimization early in life, with 81.3% (nearly 20.8 million victims) reporting that it first occurred prior to age 25.
Smith et al., 2018
Approximately 1 in 5 (21.3% or an estimated 25.5 million) women in the U.S. reported completed or attempted rape at some point in their lifetime, including completed forced penetration, attempted forced penetration, or alcohol/drug facilitated completed penetration. About 2.6% of U.S. men (an estimated 2.8 million) experienced completed or attempted rape victimization in their lifetime.
Black et al., 2011
Most female victims of completed rape (79.6%) experienced their first rape before the age of 25; 42.2% experienced their first completed rape before the age of 18 years.
One in Three: Understanding the Global Issue of Violence Against Women
Nearly one in three women globally experience violence according to a new report from the World Health Organization.
A Celebration of Extraordinary Women
We highlight two children’s books and two adult non-fiction books to help recognize Women’s History Month.
Global Rights for Women's Publications on Gendered Violence
Global Rights for Women provides an array of publications and virtual panels in service to their goal of ending violence against women and girls.
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Casa de Esperanza's COVID-19 Resource Library
Casa de Esperanza has created a Google Spreadsheet called the "COVID-19 Resource Library" which provides a bilingual virtual library on resources in Spanish and Indigenous Languages.
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Gender-Based Violence During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mini-Review
Mittal & Singh explore how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted gender-based violence in India.
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25 COVID-19 Domestic Violence Resources
States Attorneys has provided a list of 25 resources on COVID-19 specific Domestic Violence.
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The List includes the following Table of Contents:
Covid-19 Stats: Four Times More Women Than Men Dropped Out of the Labor Force in September 2020
Four Times More Women Than Men Dropped Out of the Labor Force in September
Claire Ewing-Nelson of the National Women's Law Center has produced an infographic publication outlining statistics on women's job loss amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, with the key finding that women have taken the majority of employment loss.
The publication can be accessed Here