FOCUS ON GENDER BASED VIOLENCE “Numbers don’t lie” Nearly 50% percent of all sexual assaults worldwide are against girls 15 years or younger, according to a 2003 United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA) report. Between 15% and 71 % report of women report physical or sexual violence by a husband or partner. Between 4% and 12% of women reported being physically abused during pregnancy. Up to one in five women and one in 10 men report experiencing sexual abuse as children. An estimated 100 to 140 million girls and women worldwide are currently living with the consequence of female genital mutilation (FGM). “Female students are at greater risk to suffer sexual violence, but most of them do not report. This leads to physical emotional and psychological problems.” Source GBVnews