WHAT IS SEXUAL VIOLENCE?

Sexual violence is a broad term that describes any violence, physical or psychological, carried out through sexual means or by targeting sexuality.

It can include but is not limited to:

• sexual abuse

• sexual assault

• rape, (date rape, marital rape, partner rape, stranger rape, rape where there is multiple perpetrators)

• ritual abuse

• sexual harassment

• incest

• childhood sexual abuse

• stalking

• indecent/ sexualized exposure

• degrading sexual imagery

• voyeurism

• exhibitionism

• sharing sexual photographs without permission

• online sexual harassment

• rape during armed conflict

• trafficking and sexual exploitation

• unwanted comments or jokes

More information about sexual violence.

LEARN MORE ABOUT:

• Consent

• Ways DWS can help survivors of sexual violence

• Alcohol and consent

• The confusion around consent and clothes

• Why false reporting is rare