Survey: 60 percent of Czech women have experienced sexual violence

Almost three-fifths of women in Czechia have been the target of some form of sexual violence during their life, according to a research on the incidence and impact of sexual violence by the NGO proFem.  One-fifth of women have experienced rape under the proposed legal definition now being debated by MPs, which is sex without consent.

According to the research, which was presented to the public on Thursday, only six percent of those who have been raped have reported it to the police. The survey also suggests that the annual costs of treating the consequences of sexual violence is approximately CZK 2.3 billion.

The survey was carried out last year among more than 5,000 women aged between 18 and 65.