Why we're needed

Sexual violence is an epidemic.

• 1 in 3 women experience sexual violence during their lifetime.
• 1 in 6 girls have been sexually abused.
• Nearly all forms of violence against women and girls are expected to rise in the coming year.
• 49% of all sexual offences are committed against 10-19 year olds.
• Nearly 90% of girls have been sent unwanted sexually explicit images/videos.
• Young people say that sexual harassment occurs so frequently that it is ‘common place’.

Misconceptions are widespread.

• 49% of adults do not understand what 'reasonable belief in consent' means.
• 47% of 18-24 year olds think that it is not rape if a victim does not resist or fight back.
• 50% of 18-24 year olds believe that the rules of consent apply differently online and offline.
• 58% of 18-24 year olds believe that consent is assumed within a relationship or marriage.
• 58% of 18-24 year olds believe that women either often or sometimes make up rape allegations.

Something has to change.