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County Conversation: Sexual Assault Awareness Month Highlights Widespread, Underreported Abuse

County Conversation: Sexual Assault Awareness Month Highlights Widespread, Underreported Abuse

Nearly half of all women and about one in four men in the United States have experienced some form of contact sexual violence in their lifetime, yet two-thirds of assaults are never reported to law enforcement.

Victoria Nevel-Babla, the Human Trafficking and Sexual Violence coordinator with Fairfax County’s Domestic and Sexual Violence Services (DSVS), talks about why so few people speak up, how the community can do better and what resources are available right now.

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