SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN INDIA

As of 2013, an estimated 27,515,391 women aged 15 to 49 years experienced sexual violence in India.

Of these, 2,522,817 victims were aged 15 to 19 – an age group which experiences 24 per cent of rape cases in India, despite accounting for just nine per cent of the female population in the country.

Since 2001, there has been a 54 per cent increase in rape reports.

But it’s believed that rape is grossly under-reported in India due to marital rape being legal.

It’s estimated that women in India are 40 per cent more likely to be raped by their husband than a stranger.

Experts also estimate that 10 per cent of women in India experience sexual violence of some kind.