“Sexual assault takes many forms—it is any unwanted sexual contact, including rape, attempted rape, and child sexual abuse. It can affect people of any gender, age, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or ability. According to the National Violence Against Women Survey, 1 in 6 American women has been the victim of rape or attempted rape […there were nearly 200,000 incidents of rape or sexual assault
in the United States in 2005]. Perpetrators of sexual assault can be friends, acquaintances, family members, or strangers. Working together, we can raise awareness, change attitudes, and help prevent sexual assault. For more information, visit the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) at www.ovw.usdoj.gov.”

• Download OVW’s Sexual Assault Awareness Month Poster
• National Sexual Violence Resource Center
• State Sexual Assault Coalitions
• National Sexual Assault Coalition’s Resource Sharing Project
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• The Faces and Voices Project
• Sexual Assault National Organizations