GOVT1621 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Rita Mae Brown, Cynthia Enloe, Intersectionality

• School: University of Sydney
• Department: Government and International Relations
• Course: GOVT1621
• Professor: Ainsley Elbra

Document Summary

Adult women account for 51% of all human trafficking victims detected globally. Girls represent of child trafficking victims. Women make up 80% of all refugees and displaced people. Up to 70% of women have experienced physical/sexual violence. From an intimate partner in their lifetime. Over 4/10 girls were married before age 18. About 1/7 were married before age 15. Around 120 million girls worldwide have experienced rape. Every 90s, a woman dies during pregnancy or childbirth. Women experience physical/sexual violence perpetrated by someone known to them. Children are exposed to domestic violence. Over the course of a year, a woman is killed every week. 51% of students were sexually harassed at least once in 2016. Experienced sexual harassment in a university setting. Women were 3x more likely to be targeted than men. Who were the perpetrators in 71% of harassments. Half of those sexually assaulted knew the perpetrator.