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Study: More girls exposed to sexual abuse before teenage

New study reveals shocking statistics of women experiencing forced sex before their teenhood

Kenyan women born in the 1990s are facing their first sexual abuse earlier in life than past generations.

A new study among 18,528 women in Kenya, Zimbabwe and Cote d’Ivoire shows many facing sexual violence before they are 10 years old.

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