Statistics: 

1 in 4 women have been abused as children, 44% of victims are under the age of 18.

1 in 3 women have been sexually abused by the Clergy.

There are more than 42 million survivors in the United States alone

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31% of women in prison have been abused before the age of 18.

1.8 million children in the United States, per year are abused by the age of 18.

Sexual assault… Every 2 minutes someone in the U.S. is sexually assaulted or raped, and 60% of sexual assaults/ rape are not reported to the police. 

82% of all juvenile victims are female victims of rape, attempted rape or sexual assault.

90% of adult rape victims are female.

Females ages 16 –19 are 4 times more likely than the general proportion to be victims of rape, attempted rape, or sexual assault.

Women age 18-24 who are college students are 3 times more likely than women in general to experience sexual violence.

Females of the same age who are not enrolled in college are 4 times more likely.

In 2017 the National Human Trafficking Hotline received 8,759 call of victims of sexual trafficking, in the United States alone.

80% of human trafficking victims are sexually trafficked in the United States.

100,000 children are forced into sex slavery industry annually.

The average age of entry into the commercial sex market for children is between 11-14 years old.

1 in 6 children who are runaways are believed to be victims of child sex trafficking.

Size of commercial sex economy in major U.S. cities rages from an estimated $39 million - $290 million per year.

www.Childhelp.org www.NationalCrimeVictimizationsurvey.com, www.Dosomething.org, www.Polaris.com, www.Fbi.gove/stats-services/victim,_assistance, www.missingkids.com, www.sharedhope.org, www.Rainn.org, Google Assistant and Urban Institute 2014, 

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