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“They are experiencing multiple levels of trauma,” says the medical chief of this special quota project. “There is the individual trauma, of course. And the collective trauma; because the genocide was directed at their entire community.”
The reputation of the U.N.’s peacekeeping troops in the country has been blemished by allegations of sexual misconduct and the mission is incomplete. But many Liberians still trust foreign security forces more than their own, raising questions about the fate of girls and women.
Despite her community’s belief to the contrary, “divorce does not cause rape, rapists cause rape,” writes Ugandan teen Moureen Kisakye.
Over the past few months, Israelis have watched a blur of famous, powerful men get brought down by accusations of rape and sexual harassment, which, in Israel, is a criminal offense.
As her family was fleeing Syria, one mother thought an arranged marriage for her 11-year-old daughter was a chance at safety. Instead, it opened the door to devastation, according to a doctor who met them at her clinic and tells what she observed.
The college’s graduation ceremony on Sunday became the latest forum for expressing outrage at a case that former football star Brian Banks, wrongly imprisoned for five years on rape charges, describes as “a case of privilege.”
We can all take steps to spread the ethos of consent among children and adults. A Planned Parenthood survey of male-female attitudes about sex, along with numerous recent incidents, shows why everyone has to be involved.
Parents and teachers do not need to demonize apps like Periscope or Twitter. Instead, we must consistently remind kids to carry the same set of values between real life and social networking.
On May 9 voters will decide whether Rodrigo Duterte becomes our next president. The cruel things he has said and done should disqualify him off the bat. But crime, corruption and poverty fuel him along.
If we are serious about ending the national rape kit backlog and delivering justice to victims, we have to consider ending statutes of limitations, too.