Sexual violence is a pandemic threat to women’s health. One in three (35%) women experiences physical and/or sexual violence by an intimate partner or nonpartner sexual violence. Globally, as many as 38% of all murders of women (femicides) are committed by intimate partners. Sexual violence occurs in many forms and under many circumstances. Rape, unwanted sexual advances, including demanding sex in return for favors, sexual abuse of children and mentally or physically disabled people, forced marriage or cohabitation, including marriage of children, violence against the sexual integrity of women, including FGM, obligatory inspections for virginity, denial of the right to use contraception, adopt measures to protect against STIs, and forced abortion. The causes and risks contributing to the occurrence of sexual violence are multidimensional, reaching from politico-legal systems, to economic and cultural factors, and priorities for healthcare systems, family and relationship structures, to individual biographies. An underlying general cause is the belief that women have less value than men and are inferior and part of the property of men. The fight against sexual violence needs a multilevel approach, including comprehensive care for victims and preventive measures on the individual, community, society, and global levels.