12% of transgender youth report being sexually assaulted in K-12 settings by peers or educational staff.
SOURCE | 2015 US TRANSGENDER SURVEY REPORT, NATIONAL CENTER FOR TRANSGENDER EQUALITY (NCTE)
1 in every 5 survivors of confirmed sexual abuse in ICE detention is transgender even though trans people make up only 1 in 500 people detained by ICE.
SOURCE | GUITIERREZ, JENNICET (JUNE 25, 2015). “I INTERRUPTED PRESIDENT OBAMA BECAUSE WE NEED TO BE HEARD,” WASHINGTON BLADE.
1 in 4 women have experienced rape or attempted rape during their lifetimes, according to several national U.S. surveys.
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1 in 10 youth detained in juvenile facilities experience sexual assault or sexual abuse while in custody.
SOURCE | BECK, A. J. (2014). PREA DATA COLLECTION ACTIVITIES, 2014. WASHINGTON, DC: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS, BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS.
1 in 10 elderly persons suffer abuse, including sexual abuse, within a one year period. Among those aged 60 and over, the lifetime prevalence of sexual assault is 7%.
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50% of girls who are Deaf have been sexually abused compared to 25% of girls who are hearing.
SOURCE | DISABLED-WORLD.COM
34% of American Indian and Alaska Native women will be raped in their lifetime.
SOURCE | ATTORNEY GENERAL’S ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON AMERICAN INDIAN/ALASKA NATIVE CHILDREN EXPOSED TO VIOLENCE: ENDING VIOLENCE SO CHILDREN CAN THRIVENOVEMBER 2014EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
32.4% of rape survivors whose rape resulted in pregnancy did not discover they were pregnant until they had already entered the second trimester.
SOURCE | HOLMES, M M., ET AL. “RAPE-RELATED PREGNANCY: ESTIMATES AND DESCRIPTIVE CHARACTERISTICS FROM A NATIONAL SAMPLE OF WOMEN.” AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY, VOL. 175, NO. 2, 1996, PP. 320-4; DISCUSSION 324-5.
27.8% of men were age 10 or younger when they first experienced rape.
SOURCE | BLACK, M. C., BASILE, K. C., BREIDING, M. J., SMITH, S .G., WALTERS, M. L., MERRICK, M. T., STEVENS, M. R. (2011). THE NATIONAL INTIMATE PARTNER AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE SURVEY (NISVS): 2010 SUMMARY REPORT. RETRIEVED FROM THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL