Horrid.
>Globally, more than 370 million girls and women – or 1 in 8 – experienced rape or sexual assault in childhood. An estimated 240 to 310 million boys and men – or around 1 in 11 – also experienced such abuse.
>“More than 1 billion women and men were subjected to such violence in childhood,” UNICEF communication specialist Sara Alhattab tells U.S. News.
>When counting both in-person and non-contact violence, the number rises to 650 million girls and women – or 1 in 5 alive today – who have been subjected to sexual violence as children. The numbers for boys and men were estimated to be between 410 million and 530 million.
fxkatt on
*“We are witnessing horrific sexual violence in conflict zones, where rape and gender-based violence are often used as weapons of war,” UNICEF’s Executive Director Catherine Russell said about the results of the report, adding that sexual violence against children is a “stain on our moral conscience.”*
Rape and sexual violence as weapons of war is thoroughly documented in Susan Brownmiller’s classic feminist work “Against Our Will.” There is, I think, probably more children/youth victims now than when she wrote the book which focused, as I recall, more on women victims.
Mysterious_Elk_4892 on
I’m one of them. It was my babysitter’s son when I was a toddler.
And then once again when I was a young woman by a man who assaulted me.
Makes you look at the world a lot differently.
JimmyCarters-ghost on
When did they hire Captain Obvious?
PMzyox on
Finally they start publishing this God awful statistic. This isn’t just a third world problem either. This happens in EVERY country.
1 in 8 girls and 1 in 11 boys.
Be a part of the solution.
Kevesse on
Boys AND girls for gods sakes. Something like 2k kids KILLED BY THEIR OWN PARENTS in the US in a year. But yeah, nice somebody sort of noticed just now. 100s of kids gone. Unaccounted for. But this isn’t an issue with any party.
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Horrid.
>Globally, more than 370 million girls and women – or 1 in 8 – experienced rape or sexual assault in childhood. An estimated 240 to 310 million boys and men – or around 1 in 11 – also experienced such abuse.
>“More than 1 billion women and men were subjected to such violence in childhood,” UNICEF communication specialist Sara Alhattab tells U.S. News.
>When counting both in-person and non-contact violence, the number rises to 650 million girls and women – or 1 in 5 alive today – who have been subjected to sexual violence as children. The numbers for boys and men were estimated to be between 410 million and 530 million.
*“We are witnessing horrific sexual violence in conflict zones, where rape and gender-based violence are often used as weapons of war,” UNICEF’s Executive Director Catherine Russell said about the results of the report, adding that sexual violence against children is a “stain on our moral conscience.”*
Rape and sexual violence as weapons of war is thoroughly documented in Susan Brownmiller’s classic feminist work “Against Our Will.” There is, I think, probably more children/youth victims now than when she wrote the book which focused, as I recall, more on women victims.
I’m one of them. It was my babysitter’s son when I was a toddler.
And then once again when I was a young woman by a man who assaulted me.
Makes you look at the world a lot differently.
When did they hire Captain Obvious?
Finally they start publishing this God awful statistic. This isn’t just a third world problem either. This happens in EVERY country.
1 in 8 girls and 1 in 11 boys.
Be a part of the solution.
Boys AND girls for gods sakes. Something like 2k kids KILLED BY THEIR OWN PARENTS in the US in a year. But yeah, nice somebody sort of noticed just now. 100s of kids gone. Unaccounted for. But this isn’t an issue with any party.
Looking at you India