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📱 New Brief Highlights Gaps And Recommendations
Published by OOPSONLINE.IN · Source: World Health Organization (WHO) · 1 min read · · Updated
What actually happened
A new technical brief calls for more consistent and rigorous measurement of non-partner sexual violence against women and girls – a widespread form of violence that remains underreported and inadequately measured.Non-partner sexual violence, defined as sexual violence perpetrated by someone other than an intimate partner – is a global public health and human rights issue with serious consequences for women’s physical, mental, sexual and reproductive health. An estimated 263 million women and girls aged 15 years and older, or 8% globally, have been subjected to sexual violence from a man other
Key points
- A new technical brief calls for more consistent and rigorous measurement of non-partner sexual violence against women and girls – a widespread form of violence that remains underreported and inadequately measured.
- Non-partner sexual violence, defined as sexual violence perpetrated by someone other than an intimate partner – is a global public health and human rights issue with serious consequences for women’s physical, mental, sexual and reproductive health.
- An estimated 263 million women and girls aged 15 years and older, or 8% globally, have been subjected to sexual violence from a man other
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