January 2010
Women at Arms - A Peril in War Zones - Sexual... →
That, among other reasons, is why sexual assault and harassment go unreported far more often than not. “You’re in the middle of a war zone,” Captain White said, reflecting a fear many military women describe of being seen, somehow, as harming the mission.
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Testing Justice: The Rape Kit Backlog in Los... →
A rape treatment provider told Human Rights Watch of seeing four sex workers come to her clinic in a nine-month period, all with similar descriptions of the man who raped them: “I worked for months to get the police to test these kits, to see if they could match the cases together. The same things that made these women vulnerable-their life on the streets-also made...
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““It pricks the arms like poison,
knowing that some things, once chosen,...”
– April Bernard (That’s What I Said)