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According to UNICEF, one in eight girls and women will be raped or sexually abused before the age of 18

According to UNICEF, one in eight girls and women will be raped or sexually abused before the age of 18

More than 370 million girls and women alive today – or one in eight worldwide – have experienced rape or sexual assault before the age of 18, the United Nations Children’s Fund said on Wednesday.

The number rises to 650 million, or 1 in 5, when “non-contact” forms of sexual violence such as online or verbal violence are taken into account, UNICEF reported in what it called the first global survey on the problem.

The report says that while girls and women are most affected, 240 to 310 million boys and men, or about one in eleven, experienced rape or sexual assault in their childhood.

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