A report by the World Health Organization have stated that 316 million women and 12.5 million adolescent girls faced sexual violence in the last 12 months across the world.

The report, released ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls, observed on November 25, noted that “Violence against women remains one of the world’s most persistent and under-addressed human rights crises and has made little progress in the last two decades,” as reported by news agency IANS.