Rape

Can a Kenyan Peace Agreement Stem Rape?

Muadi Mukenge | Posted 02.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Sexual Violence, Violence in Kenya, Rape, Kenya, Africa, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Kenya and Post-Election Violence, Women and War, Liberia, HIV/AIDS Africa, Women in Africa, Kenya and Violence, Africa Rape, Politics News
Muadi Mukenge

Kenya's post-electoral mayhem highlights a horrifying but less well-known aspect to this trend: an increase in sexual violence in the wake of flawed democratic processes that trigger uprisings.

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Halliburton, Rape and the Failure of Justice

Cristóbal Joshua Alex | Posted 02.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Rape, Kbr Rape Case, Judge Gray Miller, Halliburton, Jamie Leigh Jones, Halliburton Rape Case, Tracy Barker Halliburton, Tracy Barker, Ali Mokhtare, Politics News
Cristóbal Joshua Alex

Tracy Barker, a former Halliburton employee who was sexually assaulted by her co-workers, had her case against Halliburton thrown out by a Bush-appointed federal judge a few days ago.

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Did the Marines Leave Two Bodies on the Field?*

Deanne Stillman | Posted 01.15.2008 | Home

Read More: Twentynine Palms, Military, Rape, Military Crime, Women in the Military, Sexual Assault, Marines, Home News
Deanne Stillman

The Marine Corps prides itself on many things, including the stirring credo that it never leaves a body on the field. Certainly this has often been t...

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A Sad Day

Amy Ephron | Posted 01.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Maria Lauterbach, Rape, Pregnant Missing Marine, Military Sexual Assault, Military Rape, Missing Marine, Politics News
Amy Ephron

We still have yet to hear all the facts regarding the pregnant, missing Marine. But what it really points up is the difficulties of reporting a rape. Still.

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Supreme Court To Decide: Can Death Penalty Be Imposed On People Who Rape Children?

Washington Post | Robert Barnes | Posted 01.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: US Supreme Court, Death Penalty, Rape, Politics News

The Supreme Court said yesterday that it will decide whether the death penalty may be imposed on someone who rapes a child, reopening the issue of whi...

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Bush Administration Silent On Halliburton Rape Accusations

ABC News | Justin Rood | Posted 01.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Warwire, Halliburton/Kbr, Kbr, Jamie Leigh Jones, Halliburton, Bush Silent, George Bush, Iraq, Security Contractors and Iraq, Rape, White House, War in Iraq, Iraq War, American Security Contractors, Breaking Politics News, Politics News

A powerful senator says he is still waiting for the Bush administration to respond to inquiries he made last month following reports that American wom...

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Justice Dept Refuses To Attend Congressional Hearing On Halliburton Rape Cases

ABC News | MADDY SAUER | Posted 12.19.2007 | Politics

Read More: American Security Contractors, Warwire, Rape, Kbr, Iraq War, Halliburton, Security Contractors and Iraq, Jamie Leigh Jones, War in Iraq, Halliburton/Kbr, Iraq, Politics News

The Department of Justice refused to send a representative to answer questions from Congress today on the investigations into allegations of rape and ...

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Employee Accuses Halliburton Of Covering Up Rape In Iraq

ABC's The Blotter | BRIAN ROSS, MADDY SAUER & JUSTIN ROOD | Posted 12.10.2007 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Rape, Kbr, Private Contractors, Halliburton, The Green Zone, Baghdad, Iraq Contractors, Iraq, Politics News

A Houston, Texas woman says she was gang-raped by Halliburton/KBR coworkers in Baghdad, and the company and the U.S. government are covering up the in...

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The Democratic Republic of Congo, Hope and Chicken Dinners

Lisa Witter | Posted 12.03.2007 | Politics

Read More: Women for Women International, Rape, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rape as a Weapon of War, Zainab Salbi, Congo, Africa Rape Young Girls, Africa Rape Virgins, Politics News
Lisa Witter

The women and girls being raped in the DRC are counting on us to stay hopeful and keep connected.

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Violence Against Women in the D.R. Congo: The Most Horrible Thing You Will Read Today -- And, Unfortunately, Perhaps The Last You'll Hear Of It For Weeks

Bob Harris | Posted 11.26.2007 | Politics

Read More: Violence Against Women, Rape, Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa, Genocide, Femicide, Violence, Media, Media Bias, Congo, Rwanda, Uganda, Congo Media Coverage, Politics News
Bob Harris

Many Westerners have heard next to nothing about the violence in the D. R. Congo, despite the fact that its aftermath is still deadlier on a daily basis than all other current wars on earth combined.

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"Gee, I Wonder Why Women Get Raped?"

Leslie Goldman | Posted 11.12.2007 | Living

Read More: Ads, Rape, Women and Media, American Apparel, Sex Sells, Women and Sexuality, Sex, Advertisements, Dov Charney, Objectification of Women, Airbrushing, Sexual Assault, Living News
Leslie Goldman

Does sex sell? Yes. But it's reached the point where subconscious imagery has flown out the door and retailers are relying on the most obvious, explicit images possible.

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The Real Seven Dirty Words

Norman Horowitz | Posted 11.04.2007 | Politics

Read More: Torture, Rape, War, Politics News
Norman Horowitz

The Justice Department has time to chase after Broadcasters who put on live programs and unbeknownst to such broadcaster, an expletive, or god forbid ...

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Ending Violence Against Women and Girls

Kevin Powell | Posted 10.31.2007 | Living

Read More: Rape, Abuse, Child Abuse, Spousal Abuse, Sexism, Racism, Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Classism, Shani Baraka, Domestic Violence, Megan Williams Kidnap, Domestic Abuse, Living News
Kevin Powell

So many American males have such a distorted definition of manhood that we don't even have the basic respect to listen to women's voices when they talk about violence and abuse.

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Catholic Bishops Agree -- Reluctantly, Reluctantly! -- to Treat Rape Victims

Angela Bonavoglia | Posted 10.29.2007 | Politics

Read More: Rape, Connecticut EC, Catholic Bishops, Catholic Abortion, Pro-Life, Pro-Lifers, Morning-After Pill Rape, Catholic Church, Emergency Contraception, Religion, Morning-After Pill, Connecticut Morning-After Pill, Bishop William Lori, Birth Control, Anti-Choice, Pro-Choice, Connecticut Emergency Rooms, Ec, Catholicism, Politics News
Angela Bonavoglia

Connecticut's new law goes back to basics. It is a triumph of state over church. It insures that women who have been raped get the care they need when they enter a hospital.

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Why is Huckabee Left Standing?

Bonnie Erbé | Posted 10.29.2007 | Politics

Read More: Huckabee Conservatives, Huckabee, Feminists, Wayne Dumond, Rape, Mansion, Huckabee Scandal, Huckabee Iowa, Computers, Politics News
Bonnie Erbé

Where are the conservatives denouncing Mike Huckabee for all the bizarre events surrounding his time in the Arkansas governor's mansion?

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Lawyer: "David Copperfield Has Never Forced Himself On Anyone"

Associated Press | Posted 10.21.2007 | Entertainment

Read More: Rape, David Copperfield, Entertainment News

Days after FBI agents searched a Las Vegas warehouse belonging to David Copperfield and a casino theater where the magician regularly performs, his la...

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Rape Survivor Denied Treatment Because She "Appeared Intoxicated"

Jessica Valenti | Posted 10.18.2007 | Politics

Read More: Date Rape Drug, George Washington University, Rape, Rape Kit, Sexual Assault, GW Sexual Assault, Woman Died Rape Kit, Politics News
Jessica Valenti

Read the whole story of her assault and subsequent horror story at multiple hospitals. It's just too depressing for words.

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Horrific Rape Epidemic Devastating Eastern Congo

New York Times | JEFFREY GETTLEMAN | Posted 10.07.2007 | Home

Read More: War in Africa, Congo Crisis, Rape, Congo, Home News

Denis Mukwege, a Congolese gynecologist, cannot bear to listen to the stories his patients tell him anymore. Every day, 10 new women and girls who ha...

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Redacted

Karina Longworth | Posted 09.02.2007 | Entertainment

Read More: Murder, Iraq War, Telluride, Brian DePalma, Rape, Redacted, Entertainment News
Karina Longworth

Regardless of his intentions, it's hard to imagine the film Brian DePalma has made having any positive impact on the anti-war movement.

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Gratitude: Musings after my Incarceration in Zimbabwe

Michealene Cristini Risley | Posted 09.01.2007 | Living

Read More: Tapestries of Hope, Girls, Girl Child Network, Zimbabwe, Abuse, Rape, Betty Makoni, Living News
Michealene Cristini Risley

I recently traveled to Africa to tell the story of the rape and abuse of young girls in Zimbabwe. After arrest and interrogation, I am grateful to be walking again on U. S. soil.

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