Ending sexual violence
What is sexual violence?
Sexual violence is defined as any sexual act, attempt to obtain a sexual act, unwanted sexual comments or advances, or acts to traffic, or otherwise directed, against a person’s sexuality using coercion by any person regardless of their relationship to the victim, in any setting, including but not limited to home and work.
Source: World Health Organization
ZAMBIA
89%
of reported sexual abuse cases involve children
50%
46%
KENYA
33%
of girls experience sexual violence before they turn 18
23%
EVERY
30 MINUTES
ZAMBIA
89%
of reported sexual abuse cases involve children
50%
46%
KENYA
33%
of girls experience sexual violence before they turn 18
23%
EVERY
30 MINUTES
KENYA
33%
of girls experience sexual violence before they turn 18
23%
EVERY
30
MINUTES
ZAMBIA
89%
of reported sexual abuse cases involve children
50%
46%
The Issue
There is a direct link between lack of access to education and sexual violence.
In communities of poverty, girls are vulnerable to:
CHILD MARRIAGE & EARLY PREGNANCIES
Source: UNFPA
FORCED LABOR
SEXUAL ASSAULT
Access to education prevents young women from the vulnerabilities of poverty.
Without an education, girls in poverty are often expected to hustle on the streets, earn income through prostitution, or get married as a child.
Freely in Hope works to prevent sexual abuse and re-abuse through holistic education, leadership development, and storytelling platforms.
Poverty was my main issue that made me vulnerable to sexual violence — I come from a community where girls marry as young as 8. Prostitution and HIV is also very common in my community. Because I didn’t have school fees, I almost dropped out of school and not having an education greatly increased my vulnerability as a girl child…
LINET
Special Education – Class of 2023
