Prevalence of Violence Against Women

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Prevalence of Violence Against Women
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Violence Against Women Worldwide

• In the UK..1 in 2 girls will experience some
  form of sexual abuse (from flashing to rape) by
  the time they are 18.
• In the UK..1 in 7 women are raped in marriage.
• In the US.. At least one woman is raped every
  minute.78 women are raped every hour.
• In India.. Of every 10 women murdered, 9 are
  murdered by their husbands
• In Jordan.. honour killings of women account
  for one quarter of the overall murder rate.
• Every year around 2 million girls between the
  ages of 5 and 15 are trafficked, sold or coerced
  into prostitution.
• Around the world at least one in every three
  women have suffered domestic abuse.
• More than 60 Million women are missing from the
  world today as a result of sex selective
  abortions and infanticide according to an
  estimate by Amartya Sen, The Nobel Laureate

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• Rape and sexual abuse are not just a by product
  of war but are now used as a military strategy.
• Estimated 200,000 women were raped during the
  battle for Bangladeshi independence in 1971.
  (Amnesty International)
• In Bosnia systematic rape was used as part of the
  strategy of ethnic cleansing. Women were raped
  so they would give birth to a Serbian baby.
  (Amnesty International)
• Women were or continue to be raped in systematic
  ways in Rwanda, Somalia, DRC, Ivory Coast,
  Liberia and Zimbabwe. In these 6 countries a
  strategic endeavour has often been sued to
  humiliate and exercise control and authority over
  political or ethnic rivals by raping girls and
  women. Knives, guns, sticks and any other
  objects imaginable that can be inserted into
  vaginas have been additional instruments in
  brutal rapes causing severe genital mutilation
  and spreading STIs most notably HIV/AIDS. (the
  guardian April 2010).

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• Prevalence of Sexual Violence
• Police statistics 2008-9 Scotland/Reported
• 821 rapes and attempted rapes recorded by the
  police
• 142 assault with intent to rape
• 1640 incidents of indecent assault
• 1616 Lewd Libidinous practices
• 786 reported incidents of indecent exposure

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Conviction rate for rape in Scotland 2007/2008

• Police Force Area Reported Rapes Prosecutions C
  onvictions
• Central 91 8 2
• Dumfries and Gall 25 3 3
• Fife 88 3 -
• Grampian 102 9 2
• Lothian Borders 170 17 5
• Northern 56 8 3
• Strathclyde 321 38 19
• Tayside 55 2 -
• Scotland 908 88 34

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EWRASAC

• Edinburgh Womens Rape Sexual Abuse Centre
  2008/09
• 650 long term support sessions offered
• 164 advocacy and crisis sessions offered
• 1135 hours of helpline available for support
• 4277 calls made to helpline
• Prevalence/conviction statistics adapted by
  EWRASAC from www.rapecrisisscotland.org.uk