Confronting gender-based violence : Johns Hopkins University – The Gazette

Confronting gender-based violence : Johns Hopkins University – The Gazette: "An estimated one out of three women worldwide will be physically or sexually assaulted in their lifetime, according to the World Health Organization. Roughly 50 percent of sexual assaults are committed against girls under age 16. In 2002, WHO estimated that 150 million girls and 74 million boys under the age of 18 had experienced some form of sexual violence."

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