Sexual Assault – Resource Kit
The Utah Women & Leadership Project (UWLP) team, together with the Sexual Assault Spoke advisors within A Bolder Way Forward, have curated a collection of recommended resources. This includes UWLP research and materials as well as valuable contributions from statewide and national community partners and organizations. Expansion of the Start By Believing Campaign is a primary goals of this Spoke. To get involved in positive change, take action by exploring what you can do as individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
Key Resources
- Conversation Guide: Sexual Assault in Utah
- Data Visualizations: Goal Metrics Dashboard and Utahns' Perceptions Dashboard
- Video: A Bolder Way Forward – Sexual Assault
- Video: Sexual Assault in Utah
- Video: Stopping Violence Against Utah Girls & Women
Research Reports
- Human Trafficking Among Utah Girls and Women - 2022 (Summary , 2026)
- Sexual Assault Among Utah Women - 2016
- Sexual Assault Among Utah Women: A 2022 Update (Summary, 2026)
- Sexual Assault Research Summary - 2024
- Women’s Safety & Security 2025: Utahns’ Awareness, Understanding, and Attitudes - 2026
- Women’s Safety & Security: Utahn’s Awareness, Understanding, and Attitudes - 2025
Podcasts
- A Bolder Way Forward Conversations: Sexual Assault
- Human Trafficking Among Utah Girls and Women
- New Research: Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
- Sexual Assault Among Utah Women: A 2022 Update
- Stopping Violence Against Utah Girls & Women
- Understanding Sexual Assault in Utah
- Women’s Safety & Security: Child Sexual Abuse & Sexual Assault
Articles & Editorials
- 1 In 5 Utah Girls Were Sexually Assaulted Last Year. That Has to Stop (Deseret News, 2020)
- Believe Her — The Reasons Behind Our Underreported Sexual Assault Case Deseret News, 2022)
- How Utah’s Faith Communities Can Help End Violence Against Women (Utah News Dispatch, 2026)
- Human Trafficking Among Utah Girls and Women (LinkedIn, 2023)
- It’s Time to Break the Silence about Rape in Utah (The Salt Lake Tribune, 2021)
- More Than 200,000 Utah Women Have Been Raped. Join Me in Speaking Out, Susan Madsen Writes (The Salt Lake Tribune, 2022
- Sexist Comments Research: Sexual Advances & Accusations of Using Sex To Get Ahead (LinkedIn, 2022)
- Sexual Assault Among Utah Women (LinkedIn, 2023)
- Teen Girls in Utah Face Sexual Assault, Violence, Depression and Suicidality (The Salt Lake Tribune, 2023)
- Utah Has a Problem with Violence Against Women. There’s a Clear Solution (The Salt Lake Tribune, 2024)
- Why People Support Perpetrators During Sexual Misconduct Allegations (Forbes, 2025)
- Why Utah Still Can’t Confront Violence Against Women (Utah News Dispatch, 2026)
Community Research
- Costs of Sexual Violence in Utah (Utah Department of Health, 2016)
- Crime in Utah 2020 (Utah Department of Public Safety, 2020)
- Crime in Utah Dashboards (Utah Department of Public Safety)
- National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS, 2024)
- Public Health Indicator Based Information System (IBIS): Health Indicator Report of Sexual Violence (Utah Department of Health & Human Services, 2022)
- Rape in Utah 2007: A Survey of Utah Women (Utah Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice, 2007)
- The Well-Being of Women in Utah in 2019 (YWCA, 2019)
- Utah Priorities 2016, Issue #7: Crime and Safety [search word: "women"] (Utah Foundation, Aug. 2016)
- Utah State-Wide Needs Assessment: Domestic Violence, Sexual Violence & Human Trafficking - 2022 Report (Gender-Based Violence Consortium, University of Utah, May 2022)
- Utah's Domestic Abuse, Sexual Assault Rates in New Poll Seem Low, Experts Say (Salt Lake Tribune, Jan. 13, 2020)
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