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A high school theater piece in Tunisia reveals what girls there consider the double victimization of rape. “I think it’s time for the Tunisian society to understand that a shotgun marriage will never be the solution for rape,” one girl says.
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.”
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.
The possible parole of Richard Troy Gillmore, the “Jogger Rapist” of Portland, Ore., has spurred victims to overturn the statute of limitations on rape in the state and require that parole boards spend more time with victims and their family members.
If a strong bill passes and is put into effect, I’d encourage rape survivors to turn to the police in Washington, D.C. If not, my own experience will remain a cautionary tale. Instead of professionalism, I was treated with skepticism. The process dragged on. He was never arrested.
Here is the truckload of reasons why safety activists should be working to stop the Campus Sex Violence Elimination Act from taking effect in March. This law was snuck in under the VAWA authorization, and now it’s time to take a much closer look.
Protest fury is focused on officers’ slow response when the parents of the 5-year-old victim reported her missing. One activist is calling for a full-fledged safety effort on behalf of girls and women on the scale of a national literacy campaign.
The new rape law in India steps up punishment of rape, stalking, voyeurism and acid attacks; a big achievement for safety activists. But they say it’s not enough to focus on the perpetrators. The government also needs to help people who survive these attacks.
PJ Kurien, deputy chairman of the Upper House of Parliament, faces rape charges in the reopening of a 17-year-old case. He is among the lawmakers who resume session today under the new scrutiny of women’s safety watchdogs.
Women’s rights activists in India are hailing a voluminous set of far-reaching legal proposals as a triumph of women’s activism. But they denounce a governmental ordinance announced on Sunday as falling far short.