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Sex without consent is rape. Rape is a worldwide epidemic that disproportionately impacts women and girls, regardless of their ethnicity, religious or spiritual beliefs, physical or mental ability, or status.
Currently, only a handful of countries in the world have consent-based rape laws that enable prosecutors, juries, and judges to examine whether a case can be prosecuted on the absence of consent, rather than on the basis of force or violence.
In the fall of 2023, Equality Now launched its Consent Campaign to highlight how we’ve worked to change sexual violence laws around the world toward the adoption of a consent-based definition.
Learn more: equalitynow.org/end_sexual_violence/consent-based-laws
Sex without consent is rape. Rape is a worldwide epidemic that disproportionately impacts women and girls, regardless of their ethnicity, religious or spiritual beliefs, physical or mental ability, or status.
Currently, only a handful of countries in the world have consent-based rape laws that enable prosecutors, juries, and judges to examine whether a case can be prosecuted on the absence of consent, rather than on the basis of force or violence.
In the fall of 2023, Equality Now launched its Consent Campaign to highlight how we’ve worked to change sexual violence laws around the world toward the adoption of a consent-based definition.
Learn more: equalitynow.org/end_sexual_violence/consent-based-laws
