Sexual assault refers to sexual behavior that occurs without explicit consent of a person. Sexual assault comes in many forms and can include rape, molestation, unwanted sexual contact of any other form, sexual harassment, incest, sexual violence even with an intimate partner, sexual exploitation, and human trafficking. 

April is National Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM). The purpose of this designated awareness month is to bring attention and understanding to sexual violence survivors and to educate communities on how to prevent it.

The National Sexual Violence Resource Center released the following statistics:

Every 98 seconds someone in the United States is sexually assaulted

1 in 5 women have been raped

1 in 33 men have been raped