Sexual Assault Awareness
The Red Flag Campaign is a project that educates faculty, staff, and students on the
intervention and prevention of dating violence. The campaign develops public awareness
on the warning signs, or 鈥淩ed Flags鈥�, of any verbal, emotional, physical, or sexual
abuse that may be happening around them.
Statistics show:
- Every 60 seconds, 1.3 million women are forcibly raped in the U.S.
- 24% of sexually active girls younger than 13 report their first sexual encounter was non-consensual.
- Rape victims are 13 times more likely to attempt suicide.
- Half of juvenile offenders have been sexually assaulted by the age of 18.
- There are currently 6,324 registered sex offenders in Arkansas.
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children reports that the number of
registered sex offenders has increased by nearly a quarter in the last 5 years. Sexual
violence is a grave public health issue that carries both short and long term consequences
for the victim and their family. The American Medical Association calls sexual assault
the 鈥渟ilent, violent epidemic.鈥�
Nighthawks, remember to wear your Red Flag shirt on November 17th.