News, 10/18/23
Angeline Binick
I. GLOBAL NEWS
II. REGIONAL NEWS
III. SEXUAL HARASSMENT
IV. LGBTQ
V. INCARCERATION
VI. SEXUAL ABUSE BY PROFESSIONALS
VII. COMMENTARY
GLOBAL NEWS
Scottish judges’ ruling on sexual assault prosecutions hailed as ‘seismic’
Canada: B.C. non-profit now offering free legal advice to sexual assault survivors
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/sexual-assault-legal-advice-1.6998980
REGIONAL NEWS
Police investigating possible connection between 2 sexual assaults: reports
SEXUAL HARASSMENT
UK: Sexual harassment and misogyny in city go unchecked due to ‘fear factor’, says peer
LGBTQ
Trans woman found dead in D.C.’s Marvin Gaye Park
(Trigger warning)
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2023/10/17/skylar-harrison-reeves-murder/
INCARCERATION
Ex-Oregon prison nurse convicted of sexually assaulting women in custody gets 30 years
https://apnews.com/article/oregon-prison-nurse-sex-assault-sentence-c12b6dace2e21053f0392718552d44ee
SEXUAL ABUSE BY PROFESSIONALS
Canada: Ottawa woman, 97, charged with historical sexual assaults at residential, day schools
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/residential-day-school-sexual-assault-charge-ontario-1.6993540
Zimbabwe women’s soccer coach to appear in court after being charged with sexual assault
https://apnews.com/article/zimbabwe-womens-soccer-coach-66bf919b096d89da90ad1076d589a8f2
COMMENTARY
Sexual harassment victims in Nigerian universities are being blamed – cyberspace study