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Recognize, Understand, and Fight
Sexual Exploitation and Violence
 

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Working Against Violence, Inc.

24-Hour Crisis Hotline: 605-341-4808
Toll-Free Crisis Hotline: 1-888-716-9284

General Violence Statistics In the Rapid City
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  • 18% of women (7,199) in Rapid City will experience attempted or completed rape  in their lifetime

  • ​1 in 3 women (13,331 in Rapid City) and 1 in 4 men (9,998) have experienced physical violence by an intimate partner

  • 1 in 2 people have experiences psychological aggression by an intimate partner

  • In 2022 WAVI provided 20,138 services to 2,804 clients

  • Intimate Partner Violence, Sexual Assault, and Human Trafficking can affect anyone.

    • 70% of WAVI clients live below the federal poverty line​

    •  91% are people of color

    • 33% are unhoused when they seek services

    • 29% are youth 

    • 14% report having disabilities

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Internationally

 

The UNODC’s Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2020 revealed:

  • In 2018, around 50,000 human trafficking victims were detected and reported by 148 countries 

  • 50 per cent of detected victims were trafficked for sexual exploitation, 38 per cent were exploited for forced labour 

  • Female victims continue to be the primary targets. Women make up 46% and girls 19% of all victims of trafficking 

  • Globally, one in every three victims detected is a child 

  • The share of children among detected trafficking victims has tripled, while the share of boys has increased five times over the past 15 years

 
How can this happen?

 

It’s hard to understand how it can happen. Humanitarian crises, such as violent conflicts and natural disasters, sometimes result in children being separated from their families, making them easier targets for traffickers. 

In other instances, traffickers will prey on parents’ fears, giving false promises of a brighter future for their children. Parents may hand over their children not just for money, but in the misguided hope that their children will escape poverty and have a better life, with more opportunities. 

Trafficking is lucrative. According to the International Labour Organization, it is the fastest growing and second-largest criminal industry in the world, after drug trafficking. Trafficking in people generates over US$150 billion a year. 

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World Vision prevention projects  

 

While the international authorities encourage an end to trafficking, we are working directly with communities to help prevent trafficking, and supporting individuals who have been through it, helping them to rebuild and restore their lives.  

We’re working with children, families, communities and governments to:  

  • Provide safe havens for trafficked children 

  • Give counselling and vocational training to help children recover 

  • Reunite trafficked children with their families 

  • Empower children with knowledge on safe migration practices 

  • Build community awareness 

  • Cooperate with authorities to identify and prosecute traffickers 

  • Strengthen the overall protective environment for children in local communities 

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