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About the crime

"At least one in two South African women are sexually assaulted in their lifetimes" - Charlene Smith, journalist and survivor of sexual assault.

"Forty percent of sexual assault involves children under 12" - Charlene Smith.

"Experts estimate that a woman is sexually assaulted in South Africa every 26 seconds" - Charlene Smith.

In 48 countries around the world, between 10 and 69 percent of women report that they have been physically and/or sexually assaulted (World Health Organisation).

Experts estimate that only one in 10 women actually report sexual assault. Around the world, there are probably millions of women who are survivors of sexual assault.

Practically none of these women get legal justice. But, as LET'S FACE IT shows, there are things you can do to bring about change within justice systems - and there are other ways of getting justice.

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 Incidence of sexual assault
 Race and rape
 Reporting and conviction rates
 What the experts say