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MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Earlier this year, we told you about a group with some of the highest rates of sexual assault. In a series of NPR stories, we reported about people with intellectual disabilities and how our data shows they are sexually assau
By Margaret Besheer Washington 08 March 2006 The trafficking of women and girls for forced labor and sexual exploitation is a serious global problem. Ethiopian Alem Teklu is 29 years old. When she was
By David Gollust The United States Tuesday condemned what it said is a campaign of political violence in Haiti by supporters of ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide that is complicating flood-disas
By Peta Thornycroft Harare 27 May 2008 As Zimbabwe braces itself for a runoff in the presidential election, violence against people loyal to the Movement for Democratic Change, or MDC, has reached unprecedented levels. MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai sa
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 28 June 2007 Israel's disgraced president, Moshe Katsav, has pleaded guilty to sexual harassment charges and been forced to resign. But as Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, there is public anger over the fa
By Jim Randle Baghdad 26 September 2007 Iraqi officials say bombings have killed more than 20 people in northern Iraq and Baghdad, a sharp increase in violence after an apparent lull. A spokesman for the U.S. military in Iraq says the spike in attack
By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 24 September 2007 Kenya is hosting Africa's first-ever conference about the sexual abuse of children, a problem that has become one of the widest-spread and most troubling issues on the continent. Nick Wadhams has the story fo
US Military Sexual Assault Victims Heal, Discuss Policy Jennifer Rivera can relax when she's with her parrot Janie. The flashbacks lessen. The panic attacks subside. She says her nightmare began when she was raped while on military duty in South Kore
DAVID GREENE, HOST: The experience of reporting sexual harassment has changed radically over the past few weeks. First, film producer Harvey Weinstein was accused by numerous women of misconduct and abuse. A series of other public allegations then to
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Today, the U.S. Center for SafeSport banned a former Olympic taekwondo coach from the sport. The organization found Jean Lopez guilty of sexual misconduct against athletes. In some cases, those athletes were minors. Reporter Alex
LOURDES GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: A few years ago, Laura Kipnis, a tenured professor at Northwestern, published an essay in The Chronicle of Higher Education. In it, she argued that the rules governing sexual relationships between students and professors
How Can We Stop Sexual Assault At Music Festivals? One Group Says, Start By Educating AILSA CHANG, HOST: Summer is a time for music festivals around the world, with thousands of people gathering to enjoy their favorite bands and musicians. But in Swe
To Prevent Sexual Assault, Schools And Parents Start Lessons Early DAVID GREENE, HOST: If you're a freshmen heading to college this fall, chances are you'll undergo some kind of crash course aimed at preventing campus sexual assault. But for many, it
Workplace Sexual Harassment: A Threat To Victims, A Quandary For Bystanders play pause stop mute unmute max volume 00:0003:40repeat repeat off Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Sexual assault is still a major issue for the U.S. military. Reports rose 10 percent last year though there is some discussion about whether that's an increase in the number of assaults or increased willingness of troops to report
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Trump administration lawyers are defending their new rules on how campuses should handle cases of sexual assault. Survivors advocates have filed a federal lawsuit arguing that the guidance that replaced Obama-era rules now discrim
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. More than six thousand people died last year in Mexico's drug wars. So far this year the violence has only gotten worse. More than one thousand people have already been killed. Police have become common tar
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 06 August 2007 Xanana Gusmao (File) Violence erupted in East Timor after former president Xanana Gusmao was appointed prime minister. VOA's Nancy-Amelia Collins in Jakarta reports the nomination was made more than a mo
By Tom Rivers London 03 January 2007 The United Nations says it will investigate allegations that some peacekeepers in southern Sudan have been involved in the rape and sexual abuse of children. The abuse allegations were published Tuesday in Britai
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Jakarta 07 August 2007 Scattered violence continued a day after independence hero Xanana Gusmao was named the new prime minister of East Timor. VOA's Nancy-Amelia Collins in Jakarta has more. Australian troops guard empty road