1 in 8 girls/women raped/sexually assaulted before 18: UNICEF
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The United Nations International Children's Fund (UNICEF) has revealed shocking statistics on global sexual violence against female minors. According to the agency's report, over 370 million girls and women alive today have been raped or sexually assaulted before they turned 18. The number accounts for one in every eight females across the world. When "non-contact" forms of sexual violence such as online or verbal abuse are included, the number rises to a shocking 650 million victims, one in five globally.