Sexual health education across the United States is inconsistent and inadequate in providing the information necessary to allow individuals to make informed, healthy decisions about their sexuality and sexual activity.

In Brazil, sexually transmitted diseases pose a significant problem and can lead to various health issues, including pelvic inflammatory disease, chronic pelvic pain, and cervical cancer.

It is estimated that less than 1 out of 3 sexual assaults are reported every year

Pornography is often overlooked largely due to the prevailing pro-porn sentiment among the general public. However, research confirms the negative consequences, and organizations are emerging to combat what has been deemed as the “porndemic.”

Period poverty, or the lack of information and education about menstruation as well as access to menstrual products, in the US affects all menstruators but especially those who are low-income, homeless, in college, imprisoned, or transgender.

Sexual abuse can occur in any situation, but when coupled with the routine vulnerabilities experienced by children in the foster care system, its likelihood increases.

Child sex trafficking is a rising problem in the United States, and estimates place the number of current victims in the hundreds of thousands.

Intimate partner violence is a major problem throughout the world but particularly in sub-Saharan African countries such as Uganda.

Sexual violence on campus is still an issue that affects as many as 1 in 4 female undergraduate students.

The female homicide rate in South Africa is roughly 24.6 per 100,000 population—nearly six times the global average.

Approximately 22% of US women have experienced intimate partner violence during their lifetime, but less than 40% of women actively seek help in domestic violence situations.

Inadequate menstrual hygiene management (MHM)–including a lack of accurate and timely knowledge, sanitation and washing facilities, safe and affordable materials, positive social norms, and sexual health education–is a serious issue for adolescent girls in Kenya.

Female genital cutting in any form is a violation of human rights, and has many harmful consequences.

Native American women in the United States who live on Reservations are more likely to be victims of sexual violence than other groups in the United States.

Gender and caste discrimination combine to make marginalized women most likely to be affected by sexual violence.