Research shows that 3 out of 10 young girls report that they were unwilling participants in their first sexual experience (UNICEF, CDC and MUHAS, 2009). More than half of those who experience sexual violence in childhood report that the perpetrator is someone with power over them, a neighbor (32%), an authority figure (15%) or a relative (7%).
Tafiti zinaonesha kwamba wasichana watatu kati ya kumi walishiriki tendo la ngono kwa mara ya kwanza bila ridhaa yao. (UNICEF, CDC and MUHAS, 2009) zaidi ya nusu ya wasichana hao walisema wahusika waliotekeleza ubakaji huo ni watu wenye nguvu kuwazidi; ambapo asilimia 32 ni majirani, asilimia 15 ni wenye mamlaka juu yao na asilimia 7 ni ndugu zao.