Child sexual abuse has deep and haunting effects, reverberating through family and generations.
That was the case in my family.
Tag: Sexual Violence
Every Voice Coalition Amplifies Student Survivor Experiences
Every Voice Coalition, founded in December 2016, is a college student-run organization with goals to implement preventative and legislative measures to eliminate sexual violence on college campuses. In order to empower students to tackle policy-related issues, they stress that the legislation is student-written to center the needs of those most directly affected.
Bill Cosby’s Overturned Conviction Shakes Feminists and Allies: “Justice Is Still Very Elusive for Survivors of Sexual Assault”
In the aftermath of Bill Cosby’s release from prison, many survivors and feminists are left questioning their faith in the justice system.
Making Title IX’s Promise a Reality with The Gender Equity Education Act
The Gender Equity Education Act would create an Office for Gender Equity inside the Department of Education tasked with developing new gender equity initiatives in schools and addressing pressing issues experienced by women and girls in education, including access to STEM education, athletics, pregnancy discrimination, sexual harassment and assault.
Denying President Biden Communion Lays Bare the Hypocrisy of the U.S. Catholic Church
It is both laughable and depressing that the men who allowed the scourge of sexual abuse to be visited upon so many children are today standing up and arguing that President Biden’s belief in pro-abortion policy disqualifies him from receiving communion.
U.S. Support for Sexual Assault Survivors: The Difference a President Makes
Earlier this month, the Department of Education began public hearings to determine improvements to Title IX enforcement. But less noticed are the actions the Biden administration is taking behind the scenes to strengthen Title IX protections for students experiencing sexual harassment and assault.
When Girls Become Witches: Survivors, Title IX and Society
On Monday, the Department of Education began public hearings to determine improvements to Title IX enforcement.
“They say they fear a witch-hunt, yet have never been the witches; even as we step forward to accuse them, that burden still falls upon us. … It seems their cries were heard when the Trump administration revised Title IX last year.”
States, Medical Regulators and Institutions Must Act to End Physician Sexual Abuse
Patients place a lot of trust in their physicians. Unfortunately, this trust can make patients vulnerable to sexual exploitation by unethical physicians who fail to heed the strict ethical prohibition against this injustice.
Q&A: Nobel Laureate Dr. Denis Mukwege on Justice for Survivors of Sexual Violence
What can we do? That is what Dr. Denis Mukwege asked us all when he accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in 2018 for his work with survivors of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
$200 Million of American Rescue Plan Will Support Domestic Violence Survivors and Their Children
During the pandemic, domestic violence in the U.S. rose by more than 8.1 percent. In response, the Biden administration last week confirmed it will allocate $200 million from the American Rescue Plan (ARP) to support services for domestic violence survivors.