To mark Sexual Assault Awareness Month, it has urged more schools, synagogues and professionals to engage in training and awareness to help ensure a safer community for women and girls.

JWA — which supports more than 800 women and girls affected by domestic abuse a year — said that 61.5 per cent of its sexual violence clients are aged between 26 and 35, while 28 per cent are aged 16 to 25.

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