News, 1/6/22
Angeline Binick
II. REGIONAL NEWS
III. HEALTH
IV. FORENSIC EVIDENCE
V. SEX TRAFFICKING
VI. ARMED CONFLICT
VII. CHILD MARRIAGE
VIII. CASE STORIES
IX. COMMENTARY
GLOBAL NEWS
UK Vows Crackdown on Threats Against Women
https://www.voanews.com/a/uk-vows-crackdown-on-threats-against-women/6383513.html
Femicide in France: Sexist culture 'facilitating violence', justice system 'failing women'
https://www.france24.com/en/video/20220105-femicide-in-france-sexist-culture-facilitating-violence-justice-system-failing-women
Canada: Peter Nygard back in Toronto court Thursday for bail hearing
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/peter-nygard-bail-hearing-toronto-1.6305668
Israel: Out of 1,542 IDF sexual assault complaints, just 31 indictments filed
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-691641
REGIONAL NEWS
Central Pa. man who admitted to raping 5-year-old gets decades in prison
https://www.pennlive.com/crime/2022/01/central-pa-man-who-admitted-to-raping-5-year-old-gets-decades-in-prison.html
Childhood abuse linked to negative cardiometabolic outcomes in early adulthood
https://www.healio.com/news/cardiology/20211223/childhood-abuse-linked-to-negative-cardiometabolic-outcomes-in-early-adulthood
FORENSIC EVIDENCE
Current pace of rape kit testing not keeping up with new submittals and remaining untested kits in Missouri
https://www.news-journal.com/current-pace-of-rape-kit-testing-not-keeping-up-with-new-submittals-and-remaining-untested/html_8fb4b321-e70c-5716-9b97-811f2872059e.html
Ghislaine Maxwell juror says his personal sexual assault story helped convince jury of her guilt
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ghislaine-maxwell-juror-says-personal-sexual-assault-story-helped-conv-rcna11079
ARMED CONFLICT
Guatemala: Trial Against Ex-Military Men Accused of Rape Begins
https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Guatemala-Trial-Against-Ex-Military-Men-Accused-of-Rape-Begins-20220106-0005.html
South Korea: Will so-called comfort women get any compensation?
(Video)
https://www.aljazeera.com/program/inside-story/2022/1/5/will-so-called-comfort-women-get-any-compensation
Philippines: Duterte signs law prohibiting child marriage
https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/01/06/2152193/duterte-signs-law-prohibiting-child-marriage
‘I have moments of shame I can’t control’: The lives ruined by explicit ‘collector culture’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/06/i-have-moments-of-shame-i-cant-control-the-lives-ruined-by-explicit-collector-culture
Chris Noth ‘cut from
And Just Like That finale’ after sexual assault allegations
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/01/06/chris-noth-and-just-like-that-finale/
COMMENTARY
Global crisis of violence against women and girls: Tackling it with new, better data use
https://blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/global-crisis-violence-against-women-and-girls-tackling-it-new-better-data-use
Seeking Justice for Syria
(Trigger warning)
https://www.hrw.org/feature/2022/01/06/seeking-justice-for-syria/how-an-alleged-intelligence-officer-was-put-on-trial-in-germany