“… 4 , 5 Further, sexual violence can be associated with the murder of women; for example, researchers studying femicides in South Africa estimated that 19.1% in 2009 and 8.7% in 2017 were sexual femicides. 6 Sexual violence also has severe social and economic costs both for the individual and society, including the resulting lost productivity as well as costs to health, social, legal and other support services. 7 …”