Sexual violence against women remains problematic and highly prevalent around the world

• Published in: BMC women's health Vol. 23; no. 1; pp. 196 - 9
• Main Authors: Li, Liqing, Shen, Xin, Zeng, Guohua, Huang, Hongwei, Chen, Zhensheng, Yang, Jiayi, Wang, Xiaofang, Jiang, Ming, Yang, Sule, Zhang, Qi, Li, Honglang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 26.04.2023; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Abused women; Developing countries; Female; Gender-based violence; Global prevalence; Health aspects; Health care; Heterogeneity; Humans; LDCs; Meta-analysis; Methods; Police; Post traumatic stress disorder; Prevalence; Psychological aspects; Sex crimes; Sex Offenses; Sexual assault; Sexual Behavior; Sexual violence; Social aspects; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - epidemiology; Systematic review; Violence; Women; Womens health; Working conditions; China; Global prevalence; Women; Systematic review; Sexual violence; Meta-analysis

Sexual violence is far more prevalent in most societies than is usually suspected in daily life. However, no study has systematically summarized the global prevalence rate and the major outcomes of sexual violence against women. We directed a wide-raging search in the PubMed, Embase, and Web of Scie...