Introduction to ASAP

Sexual Violence: Sexual harassment, assault and rape are all forms of sexual & interpersonal violence. Sexual violence is a crime typically motivated by the desire to control, humiliate, and/or harm — not by sexual desire. Sexual violence includes acts of:

• Exposure, and voyeurism --the practice of gaining sexual pleasure from watching others when they are naked or engaged in sexual activity.

• Rape within marriage or dating relationships

• Incest (the crime of having sexual intercourse with a parent, child, sibling, or grandchild)

• Rape by strangers or acquaintances

• Unwanted sexual advances or sexual harassment (at school, work etc.)

• Systematic rape, sexual slavery and other forms of violence, which are particularly common in Armed conflicts (e.g. forced impregnation)

• Sexual abuse of mentally or physically disabled people

• Rape and sexual abuse of children

• Customary forms of sexual violence, such as forced marriage or cohabitation and wife inheritance