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SEXUAL ABUSE AGAINST
WOMEN
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Team Members
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Vanessa Beall
Ken Hatfield
Tawanda Hatfield
Corinne Mason
Rogelio Allen
Rori Dicker
Diana Tapia
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Outline
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National Statistics
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Executive Summary
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The Needs
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Solution Description
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Recommended Solution
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NATIONAL STATISTICS
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National Statistics
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1 out of every 6 American women have been
the victims of an attempted or completed rape in
their lifetime (14.8% completed rape; 2.8% attempted rape).
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17.7 million American women have been
victims of attempted or completed rape.
These statistics were copied from the website:
www.rainn.org/get-information/statistics/sexual-assaultvictims .
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
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Mission Statement
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To collect information about sexual abuse
against women in Santa Cruz County.
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To create a presentation on the problem to
present to our community.
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To recommend a solution to the needs we found
on our research
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Data Collection
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48% Male
Age Range
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Below 15: 3%
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15-20: 33%
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21-25:21%
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26-30: 7%
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31+: 35%
52% Female
What is your
ethnicity?
 Hispanic/Latino: 26%
 Caucasian: 40%
 Asian: 5%
 African-American:
21%
 Other: 11%
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Data Collection continued….
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Are you attending school?
56% Yes
Education Level of People
surveyed:
43% No
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Primary School 2%
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Middle School 6%
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Some High School 26%
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High School Diploma 17%
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Some College 33%
College Diploma 16%
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THE NEEDS:
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Who is in Need?
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Victims of sexual abuse
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Community members who lack awareness
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What are the needs?
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Freedom from sexual abuse for victims
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Education to raise awareness in our
community about sexual abuse against
women.
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43% reported having experiencedFallsexual
violence
or know
someone that has experienced it.
43% YES
55% NO
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Ages of Abuse
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5
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00-17
18-24
25-31
32+
Not Sure Various
The chart above shows the various age groups of women who have been abused out of 100 surveys. Although
our focus was on sexual abuse against women, we can see there’s no way to escape the fact that many are
sexually abused children as well.
HAVE YOU OR ANYONE YOU KNOW, EVER
EXPERIENCED SEXUAL ABUSE AS AN ADULT? IF YES,
WHAT AGE?
According to members of our community, sexual abuse has
various detrimental effects on its victims.
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What effects do you think sexual abuse has on the victim?
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Over 90% of the people in our community
believe
that women
are afraid to report sexual abuse.
No
9%
DO YOU THINK WOMEN ARE AFRAID TO COME
FORWARD AFTER BEING SEXUALLY ABUSED?
Over half of the people surveyed believe that women who are
sexually abused are looked at differently than other women in the
community.
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53% Yes
38 %No
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Yes
No
Do you feel that women who have been sexually abused are looked at
differently
than
others?
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More than half of people surveyed think sexual abuse against
women is an important issue
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Number of People Surveyed
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80
60
40
20
0
Yes
No
Do you think that sexual abuse against women is an
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issue?
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A need is evident when over half ofFall
the
feels that
they are only somewhat knowledgeable concerning sexual abuse
against women.
HOW KNOWLEDGEABLE DO YOU THINK YOU ARE
ABOUT SEXUAL ABUSE?
A need is evident when over half the people surveyed
feel that they have not received enough information on
sexual abuse
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Yes
37%
No
63%
Yes
No
Do you feel you were taught enough about sexual abuse as a child?
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Our need is evident when over half the people
surveyed agree that education might prevent sexual
abuse from happening
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What do you think can be done to prevent sexual abuse?
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SOLUTION
DESCRIPTIONS
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Solutions:
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Solution 1: Training workshops
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Solution 2: School lectures
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Solution 3: Community organized events
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Solution 1:
Training Workshops
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Workshops open to the public
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Parent workshops
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Teacher education
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Solution 2:
School Lectures
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Guest speakers
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Language translations available
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Age appropriate lectures
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Solution 3:
Community Organized Events
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Fundraisers
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Community gatherings
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Advocacy
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RECOMMENDED SOLUTION:
COMMUNITY ORGANIZED EVENTS
Fundraisers
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 Door to door raffle sells
 Car washes
 Bake sales
 Donations
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Community Gatherings
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 Open to the public
 Guest speakers
 Activities and games
 Workshops
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Advocacy
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Free counseling at community events
 Future counseling
 Free legal assistance available
 Personal resources
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