Prevalence and correlates of sexual violence among adolescent girls and young women: findings from a cross-sectional study in a South African university.
Anthony Idowu AjayiElmon MudefiEyitayo Omolara OwolabiPublished in: BMC women's health (2021)
Our study shows that sexual violence affects a large proportion of girls, requiring intervention that not only focuses on increasing social support for survivors, facilitating reporting, and ensuring perpetrators are convicted, but also target alcohol use reduction and poverty alleviation.