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How Can We Help Kids Define What Is and Isn't Healthy Sexuality?

How Can We Help Kids Define What Is and Isn’t Healthy Sexuality?

by Akiba Solomon on March 5 2012, 9:52AM

In an age of free porn, rape-promoting video games and stupid advice videos from grown men, childhood sexual exploration is trickier than ever. There are no easy answers. Herewith, a few starting points.

Topics: Akiba Solomon, Gender & Sexuality, Too $hort

“I Had to Accept That I Could Be Sexually Assaulted on the Job”

by Akiba Solomon on March 3 2011, 3:58PM

Five lessons in self-protection from an independent female journalist who covered rape in Haiti’s post-quake tent camps

Topics: Akiba Solomon

Is Obama's

Is Obama’s “Historic” Tribal Justice Reform Enough?

by Michelle Chen on September 8 2010, 9:15AM

A watershed law to improve criminal justice systems in Indian Country could help deal with violence against women, but deeper changes are needed.

Topics: Criminal Justice, On Gender

Women Detainees Sexually Abused as ICE Polices Itself

Women Detainees Sexually Abused as ICE Polices Itself

by Michelle Chen on August 25 2010, 10:28AM

Sexual abuse cases at a Texas detention facility reveals ICE’s failures to protect women.

Topics: Immigration, On Gender

First Nations Confront Legacy of Violence Against Women

First Nations Confront Legacy of Violence Against Women

by Michelle Chen on August 23 2010, 10:17AM

Native women in Canada confront a growing number of disappearances and tragic deaths.

Topics: Gender & Sexuality, On Gender

Indian Country Wins Power to Fight Sexual Assault

Indian Country Wins Power to Fight Sexual Assault

by Michelle Chen on August 2 2010, 9:30AM

Native women are more than twice as likely to get assaulted, and 9 out of 10 attackers are non-native.

Topics: Criminal Justice, On Gender

The Women of Haiti Still in Rubble

The Women of Haiti Still in Rubble

by Michelle Chen on July 12 2010, 9:37AM

Today marks one half year since an earthquake flattened Port-au-Prince. The women of Haiti are still lost in the wreckage. The human rights of women in post-quake Haiti have been a barometer of injustice in the international response to the…

Topics: Haiti, On Gender

Sex Assault Charges Back in ICE Detention Centers

by Seth Freed Wessler on June 3 2010, 11:10AM

Immigration and Customs Enforcement quietly announced last week that it is investigating alleged sexual assault at a privately run immigrant detention center in Texas. The incident is the latest in a string of sexual assault charges and convictions at Texas…

Topics: Immigration

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