Hello everybody! My name is Ali Marnon and this semester I will spend time looking at sexual violence against women. But before we can look at this issue and understand it, I thought that we should all learn what constitutes sexual violence. According to the World Health Organization, "Sexual Violence is any sexual act, attempt to obtain a sexual act, or other act directed against a person's sexuality using coercion, by any person regardless of their relationship to the victim, in any setting." To see more information from the World Health Organization about sexual violence against women, see here. Men aren't the only perpetrators of sexual violence against women. Women can also cause sexual violence against other women.
      This semester I am interested in looking at the different forms of sexual violence and the different environments in which sexual violence can occur. What effects can sexual violence have on the women that become its victims? Will these victims have to carry these effects for the rest of their lives or will they be able to overcome these effects that have been forced onto them?

This was an interesting video made to create awareness about sexual violence against women.