I. GLOBAL NEWS
II. REGIONAL NEWS
III. FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION
IV. RESEARCH
V. POLICY / LEGISLATION
VI. INCARCERATION
VII. CLERGY ABUSE
GLOBAL NEWS
In South Korea, deepfake porn wrecks women’s lives and deepens gender conflict
https://apnews.com/article/south-korea-deepfake-porn-women-df98e1a6793a245ac14afe8ec2366101
Australia: Funding concerns over 'saturation model' to stop violence against women in Ballarat
Dutch court fines man in first use of new law on sexual harassment
Canada: Closing arguments underway in Jacob Hoggard's sexual assault trial
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/closing-arguments-hoggard-1.7341519
Canada's Nikolaj Soerensen suspended minimum six years for 'sexual maltreatment'
REGIONAL NEWS
Police: Mechanicsburg man sexually assaulted 8-year-old girl multiple times
(Trigger warning)
FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION
Man jailed in UK for conspiring to commit FGM in Iraq
https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/man-jailed-uk-conspiring-commit-fgm-iraq-2024-10-03/
RESEARCH
Severe climate change may increase violence against women
POLICY / LEGISLATION
New Florida laws take effect Oct. 1
https://www.wftv.com/news/local/new-florida-laws-take-effect-oct-1/DY65MXN5DNBILPYAFVEKLB5XLU/
INCARCERATION
Georgia State Prisons have housed LGBTQ+ inmates in horrific conditions new DOJ report found
(Trigger warning)
https://www.advocate.com/news/doj-horrific-conditions-lgbtq-inmates-georgia
CLERGY ABUSE
Texas: Around Dallas, the Church Scandals Seem to Have No End
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/03/us/churches-dallas-fort-worth-sexual-abuse.html
Australia: Catholic Church found liable for historical sexual abuse by Newcastle priest