Two weeks ago, the L.A County Sheriff's Department announced that in May, it stopped testing rape kits indefinitely because of a lack of funds. The backlog: 12,500 untested cases.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) reports that the United Nations-backed intensified military operations in eastern and northern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have failed to protect civilians from brutal rebel attacks.
Male influence in a child's life is invaluable, irreplaceable and necessary for most of us. There, I said it.
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What's especially galling is how fervently businesses embrace arbitration when it allows them to avoid being held accountable for negligence towards employees or the defrauding of consumers.
the media is selling us an image of rape and domestic violence as being artistic, dramatic, the result of misguided love and -- most terrifying -- wanted.
Betty and I spoke the same language; a language of survivors who turned their personal stories into something more collective to change the world.
"I'm here" -- two little words that sat in the inbox of one of our cell phones as we prepared to write this column. This particular message came fro...
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The heavily armed, trained killer was "under stress" when he raped, then murdered a 14-year-old girl and tried to burn her body, after having murdered her parents and 7-year-old sister.
More offensive than the man-fever these movies suggest all women have is the cavalier manner in which women will turn on one another to get the prize.
Enlisted people moreover are only one dimension. The truly dangerous distortion is at the top, in the command structures.
It's a sad day when state lawmakers, the attorney general, city leaders or the police act as if a forensic exam even vaguely resembles a victim service or compensation to a woman who has been raped.
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On a rare occasion, journalists shine a light on a public policy that is so disgusting it literally stuns you -- it just takes your breath away and leaves you speechless.
Their seclusion, combined with the military's history of gender discrimination and the uniquely challenging conditions in Iraq, has resulted in a mounting epidemic of sexual abuse, physical degeneration, and emotional distress.
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There is an underreported backlog in the processing of rape kits which is delaying and sometimes denying justice for tens of thousands of American women.
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It is surprising that the marital rape aspect of Afghanistan's law is what generates the most outrage here, because that aspect of the law is most similar to our conditions.
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enough with all this hy..po.cri.sy about burq.uas and F GM as tradition.. let's just admit there is a w.a.r on women and children in these places.
And the men who are the per.ps need to go to re education camp.
I imagine Rumsfeld and the other conservatives would drone on about how this is a symbol of freedumb and duhmockracy etc etc.
Remember too that there's widespread sexual abuse among Christian people as well (pedophile Catholic priests, fundamentalist Christian sects that sexually abuse women and children, etc.)
I guess all tha burqa keeping them moral and decent doesn't keep them safe.
There is a saying in Afghanistan that "girls are for babies" and "boys are for fun". There is a tradition of raping young boys; in fact, there is a term - bacha bazi. The Kite Runner was offensive to most Pashtuns because it is true.
enough with all this hypocrisy about burq.uas and F GM as tradition.. let's just admit there is a w.a.r on women and children in these places.
And the men who are the per.ps need to go to re education camp.
Heartbreaking.
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