Services for sexual violence survivors in facilities in Ghana 2022, by authority
In 2022, Ghanian quasi governmental and university health facilities registered the highest share of support services for rape and sexual violence survivors, at 29 percent. Mission-based and faith-based facilities followed, reaching 25 percent.
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines sexual violence as "any sexual act, attempt to obtain a sexual act, or other act directed against a person’s sexuality using coercion, by any person regardless of their relationship to the victim, in any setting. It includes rape, defined as the physically forced or otherwise coerced penetration of the vulva or anus with a penis, other body part or object, attempted rape, unwanted sexual touching and other non-contact forms".