The variety of individuals consulting with the state-run counseling facilities for home, sexual abuse and home conflicts was the very best on file final 12 months, Ministry of Gender Equality and Household knowledge confirmed Sunday.
A complete of 337,171 calls had been made in 2023 to the nationwide counseling facilities for victims of home and sexual abuse, together with different types of home conflicts and crimes similar to stalking. The determine was up 15.1 p.c from the earlier 12 months, in accordance with the ministry’s annual report.
Of these, 185,785 had been associated to sexual violence. Of the remaining 151,386, 92,375 had been associated to home violence, up from 65,211 in 2022.
The opposite 59,011 had been associated to various types of home and relationship conflicts. Consultations associated to conflicts inside a household and sexual points — not extreme sufficient to be stipulated as against the law — accounted for 11,501 and eight,193.
Relationship violence accounted for 4,110, whereas 3,355 calls had been made by victims of stalking.
The rest, about 10 p.c of the general whole, weren’t labeled.
Particularly for consultations associated to sexual violence, 17.7 p.c of the alleged perpetrators had been somebody the victims labored with. It was adopted by a pal or these from faculty at 12.8 p.c, and relations at 12 p.c.
Practically half of the counseling calls — 41.7 p.c — had been associated to the rape and “imitative rape.” The second of those offenses entails penetration during which just one particular person’s genitals are concerned.
Indecent act by compulsion — sexual molestation with out penetration — accounted for 36.4 p.c.
The report additionally tallied consultations requested by bodily disabled individuals. The variety of disabled individuals who referred to as for session in 2023 was 60,702, up from 53,208 within the earlier 12 months. Of those calls, 42,561 had been associated to sexual violence, which means almost 1 in 4 consultations on sexual violence had been made by disabled individuals.
The South Korean authorities operates 35 safety facilities for victims of sexual violence, which had been being utilized by 243 individuals as of late 2023. A complete of 150 individuals had been newly admitted to the safety facilities final 12 months.
Victims of sexual violence can apply for cover, medical help, authorized and different types of counseling by calling the 1366 emergency hotline.
