We found this story via Care2.Com about a Washington , DC sexual assault survivor who was denied use of a rape kit by both the hospital and police.
For years women who have been sexually assaulted have had to deal with people who believe that is they didn’t say no, then a [...]
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Washington, DC: Survivor Denied Rape Kit
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month
Click the image to visit the website of the National Sexual Violence Resource Center for more information about Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
Breaking the Silence: Sexual Assault on Campus
We have previously posted about the inadequacies of many college and university justice systems when it comes to the issue of sexual assault.
We found this very interesting article by Jaclyn Friedman, who talks about the issue and recounts her personal experience as a sexual assault survivor:
I’d heard horror stories about victims being grilled in excruciating [...]
Update: Sexual Assault on Campus
Here’s an update from a December post we did about Sexual Assault on Campus
The Center for Public Integrity has added some new articles to their report about college sexual assault.
Here’s a sampling of some of the interesting articles:
‘Undetected Rapists’ on Campus: A Troubling Plague of Repeat Offenders
An Uncommon Outcome at Holy Cross
UN Report: Alarming Use of Date Rape Drugs
Found Via USA Today:
The report says the “date-rape drug” phenomenon “is evolving rapidly, as sexual abusers attempt to circumvent more rigorous drug controls by using substances not restricted by the international drug conventions.”
Link to the complete UN Report
Childhood Trauma and Obesity Link
Related to a previous post about Michelle Obama’s effort to combat childhood obesity, we found this interesting article published by Time that discusses the links between childhood sexual abuse and trauma to eating disorders and obesity
In recent years, studies by both Felitti and others have largely confirmed the association between sexual abuse — as [...]
Childbirth Difficulties for Sexual Assault Survivors
Here’s an interesting story we found at the National Sexual Violence Resource Center’s website about a Norwegian study of rape survivors and childbirth:
Women who have been raped have much more difficulty in childbirth than their peers who have never suffered sexual abuse or violence, a new study shows.
“The challenging part seems to be in [...]
Update: Rape Kit Backlog
We previously had some entries about backlogs of untested rape kits. It turns out that Senator Patrick Leahey, (D) Vermont, recently held a hearing on this issue:
The Senate Committee on the Judiciary held a hearing yesterday on the national rape kit backlog, the reauthorization of the Debbie Smith Act, and current legislation introduced in [...]
New Report About Sexual Assault on Campus
A new report, based on a 9 month investigation by The Center for Public Integrity, sheds some light on college and univerity disciplinary procedures with cases of sexual assualt. Many colleges and universities use a flawed system to adjudicate allegations of student sexual assault.
From the report:
But official data from the schools themselves doesn’t begin to [...]
Asylum Seekers and Domestic Violence
Encouraging news via The New York Times:
The Obama administration has opened the way for foreign women who are victims of severe domestic beatings and sexual abuse to receive asylum in the United States. The action reverses a Bush administration stance in a protracted and passionate legal battle over the possibilities for battered women to [...]
