News, 1/23/23

[Angeline Binick]

I.      GLOBAL NEWS

II.     SEXUAL HARASSMENT

III.    FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION

IV.    POLICY / LEGISLATION

V.     SEX TRAFFICKING

VI.    ARMED CONFLICT

VII.   MILITARY

VIII.  INCARCERATION

IX.    CLERGY ABUSE
X.     SEXUAL ABUSE BY PROFESSIONALS

XI.    ENTERTAINMENT

XII.   COMMENTARY

GLOBAL NEWS

'We are not afraid’: Indigenous Brazilian women stand up to gender violence
https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/01/1132572

Sexism in France is ‘alarming’ and getting worse, says report
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/23/sexism-in-france-is-alarming-and-getting-worse-says-report

UK: Under-fire London police face 'rotten apple' protest
(Trigger warning)
https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-news/20230120-under-fire-london-police-face-rotten-apple-protest

Police investigating rape claims in England believe victim-blaming myths, study finds
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/20/police-investigating-claims-in-england-believe-victim-blaming-myths-study-finds

UK: Sexual assault and domestic violence ‘going unchecked’ by regulators, NHS staff warn
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/sexual-assault-nhs-domestic-violence-b2266281.html

UK rape crisis centers forced to turn away victims as need rises and cash runs out
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jan/22/uk-crisis-centres-forced-to-turn-away-victims-as-need-rises-and-cash-runs-out

Educators call for federal inquiry into 'widespread' abuse in Canadian sports
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/scholars-against-abuse-jan23-1.6722975

Spain: Alves moved to new detention center for security reasons
https://apnews.com/article/sports-soccer-dani-alves-barcelona-crime-f24885f8e909b76029666e60f4e9f799

Australia: Wallaby Beale suspended from all rugby after sexual assault charge
https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/wallaby-beale-suspended-all-rugby-after-sexual-assault-charge-2023-01-20/

Stranded at sea: Amateur female sailors speak of sexual abuse by captains they met online
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jan/23/stranded-at-sea-amateur-female-sailors-speak-of-sexual-abuse-by-captains-they-met-online

SEXUAL HARASSMENT

Five-member panel to run India wrestling body amid harassment allegations
https://www.reuters.com/world/india/five-member-panel-run-india-wrestling-body-amid-harassment-allegations-2023-01-23/

Pamela Anderson says Tim Allen ‘flashed’ her on set of ‘Home Improvement’
https://www.pennlive.com/entertainment/2023/01/pamela-anderson-says-tim-allen-flashed-her-on-set-of-home-improvement.html

Anti-harassment group Time's Up to cease operations five years on from early days of #MeToo campaign
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-22/times-up-metoo-group-halts-operations/101880136

FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION

Kenya: 184 girls rescued from FGM reunited with families
https://www.kenyanews.go.ke/184-girls-rescued-from-fgm-reunited-with-families/

Nigeria: 1,920 families, 155 policymakers pledge to eradicate FGM in 3 states
https://www.newtelegraphng.com/1920-families-155-policymakers-pledge-to-eradicate-fgm-in-3-states/

POLICY / LEGISLATION

PA constitutional amendment opening a window for sex abuse survivors likely to be stalled
https://local21news.com/news/local/pa-constitutional-amendment-opening-a-window-for-sex-abuse-survivors-likely-to-be-stalled

SEX TRAFFICKING

U.S. man gets 60 years for sex trafficking, extorting college students
https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-man-gets-60-years-sex-trafficking-extorting-college-students-2023-01-20/

ARMED CONFLICT

Military frees abducted women and children in Burkina Faso
https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20230120-military-frees-abducted-women-and-children-in-burkina-faso-says-state-tv

MILITARY

Canada: Military concludes Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin did not commit sexual assault
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/major-general-dany-fortin-will-not-face-administrative-action-1.6723076

INCARCERATION

Survivors recount rampant abuse at Los Angeles’ juvenile jails: ‘Helpless, hopeless, lost and lonely’
(Trigger warning)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/23/california-los-angeles-juvenile-center-abuse-survivors

CLERGY ABUSE

Former nun adds to abuse accusations against prominent Slovenian Jesuit priest
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/former-nun-adds-abuse-accusations-against-prominent-slovenian-jesuit-priest-2023-01-23/

Canada: Prominent Quebec Cardinal Marc Ouellet denies 2nd allegation of sexual misconduct
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/cardinal-ouellet-denied-2nd-allegation-sexual-misconduct-1.6722232

SEXUAL ABUSE BY PROFESSIONALS

Australia: Victims of child sexual abuse from Victoria state schools fight for justice
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jan/21/no-one-wants-to-talk-to-us-victims-of-child-sexual-abuse-from-victoria-state-schools-fight-for-justice

ENTERTAINMENT

Brooke Shields says in new documentary that she was sexually assaulted in her early 20s

https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/brooke-shields-new-documentary-sexually-assaulted-early-20s/story?id=96606460

COMMENTARY

3 Ways to Tell Stories of Sexual Abuse Onstage
https://www.americantheatre.org/2023/01/20/3-ways-to-tell-stories-of-sexual-abuse-onstage/

What to do with a Met police that harbors rapists and murderers? Scrap it and start again
(Trigger warning)
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/20/violence-against-women-terrorism-police-met-rapists-murderers