II. REGIONAL NEWS
III. SEXUAL HARASSMENT
IV. SEX TRAFFICKING
V. ARMED CONFLICT
VI. MILITARY
VII. INCARCERATION
VIII. SEXUAL ABUSE BY PROFESSIONALS
IX. COMMENTARY
GLOBAL NEWS
Australia: Child abuse survivor awarded record $5.3 million payout after suing abuser John Millwood
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-12-22/civil-compensation-against-paedophile-john-millwood/100718956
Women’s Rights Groups Welcome New Legal Protections Against Sexual Violence in the Maldives, including Marital Rape
http://www.ipsnews.net/2021/12/womens-rights-groups-welcome-new-legal-protections-sexual-violence-maldives-including-marital-rape/
UK: Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy accused of another rape
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/dec/22/manchester-city-footballer-benjamin-mendy-accused-another-count
Timeline of Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai's #MeToo reckoning for Beijing
https://abcnews.go.com/International/timeline-chinese-tennis-star-peng-shuais-metoo-reckoning/story?id=81625808
Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai's retraction 'comes off as highly staged,' journalist says
https://theworld.org/stories/2021-12-20/chinese-tennis-star-peng-shuais-retraction-comes-highly-staged-journalist-says
REGIONAL NEWS
Woman who didn’t know a sex offender lived upstairs was sexually assaulted, killed by him: DA
https://www.pennlive.com/news/2021/12/woman-who-didnt-know-a-sex-offender-lived-upstairs-was-sexually-assaulted-killed-by-him-prosecutors.html
SEXUAL HARASSMENT
Parks Canada employee found to be victim of workplace sexual harassment fighting to return
(Trigger warning)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/parks-canada-sexual-harassment-1.6238820
Suit: Fairfax, VA police officers protected sex trafficking ring
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/suit-fairfax-police-officers-protected-sex-trafficking-ring-81880833
Jury asks to review transcripts of accusers in Maxwell sex trafficking trial
(Video)
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-12-22/jury-to-review-transcripts-of-accusers-sex-trafficking-trial/13686112
ARMED CONFLICT
Sudan protests: Security forces in spotlight over sexual violence allegations
https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/12/1108522
MILITARY
Canada: Military faces fresh calls to end 'duty to report' sexual misconduct
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/military-report-duty-report-1.6294518
A Kazakh Prisoner Says A Guard Raped Her. Now She's The One In Trouble.
https://www.rferl.org/a/kazakhstan-prison-rape-psychiatric/31620050.html
Ex-gymnastics coach wins appeal on Nassar-related conviction
https://apnews.com/article/sports-michigan-sexual-abuse-gymnastics-larry-nassar-4e414798fa0d668c33822c75d5c4b145
United Methodists to join in plan for Boy Scouts bankruptcy
https://apnews.com/article/business-religion-delaware-sexual-abuse-by-clergy-sexual-abuse-55fd6413e0aaa4f47b84ad1a0b3e4cce
In 2021 #MeToo finally made it to #Auspol — what happens next?
(Trigger warning)
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-12-22/grace-tame-brittany-higgins-me-too-hits-australia/100714962