FACtsheets

Sexual Violence in War - Fact Sheet

Sexual violence in armed conflict is widespread, strategic, and a systematic tool of war that effect both girls, boys, women and men. Rape is “biological warfare” that physically and psychologically affects the victim and their communities.

Who Sexually Assaults? - Fact Sheet

Sexual assault can be perpetrated by ANYBODY.  Sexual assault perpetrators work in all fields, they may or may not be married, they are from all classes, can be any race or age and be of any sexual orientation or gender.

Human Trafficking and the Sex Trade - Fact Sheet

Trafficking involves the recruitment and transportation of persons, using deception, coercion and threats in order to place and keep them in a situation of forced labour, slavery or servitude. Persons are trafficked into a variety of sectors of the informal economy, including prosttution, domestic work, agriculture, the garment industry or street begging.

Date and Acquaintance Rape - Fact Sheet

Date and acquaintance rape happens when someone, most likely a woman is sexual assaulted by someone they know. The offender is likely someone they trust, a boyfriend, a friend or an acquaintance that uses physical force or guilt to force or coerce an unwanted sexual encounter.

Drug and Alcohol Facilitated Sexual Assault – Fact Sheet

Drug and alcohol facilitated sexual assault happens when a perpetrator purposely drugs his victim with the intention of decreasing their physical and mental defenses so that victims cannot resist or may not be aware of being sexually assaulted.

Sexual Assault Statistics - Fact Sheet

It is estimated that over 80% of women who are sexually assaulted do not report due to humiliation or fear of re-victimization in the legal process. For women of colour, that fear is worsened by the experience of racism.