News, 9/7/21
Angeline Binick
II. REGIONAL NEWS
III. SEXUAL HARASSMENT
IV. POLICY / LEGISLATION
V. FORENSIC EVIDENCE
VI. ARMED CONFLICT
VII. FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION
VIII. CHILD MARRIAGE
IX. SEXUAL ABUSE BY PROFESSIONALS
X. CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE IMAGES
XI. CASE STORIES
XII. COMMENTARY
GLOBAL NEWS
China: Prosecutors drop sexual assault case against Alibaba manager
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/prosecutors-drop-sexual-assault-case-against-alibaba-manager/
UK: Reports of sex abuse between children double in two years
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-58332341
Australia: National Summit on Women's Safety goes virtual, with government under pressure to address domestic violence problem
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-06/national-summit-virtual-domestic-violence-brittany-higgins/100435930
Australia: Indigenous women call for separate domestic violence plan
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/nobody-listens-to-us-indigenous-women-call-for-separate-domestic-violence-plan-20210906-p58p97.html
Australia: Women's Safety Minister agrees to develop separate plan to halt violence in Indigenous communities
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-07/anne-ruston-indigenous-womens-safety-plan/100441582
Australia: Victorian bill allowing families to publicly identify dead sexual assault survivors passes Upper House
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-07/victorian-parliament-bill-famlies-dead-sexual-assault-survivors/100441234
Australia: Queensland nurse faces more charges of drugging and raping women he met on dating sites
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-07/qld-brisbane-nurse-facing-64-counts-of-rape/100441522
REGIONAL NEWS
West York man sentenced to prison in child sexual assault case
https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/news/crime/2021/09/04/west-york-man-sentenced-prison-child-sexual-assault-case/5711445001/
Central Pa. man convicted of sexually assaulting woman he met on dating app
(Trigger warning)
https://www.pennlive.com/crime/2021/09/central-pa-man-convicted-of-sexually-assaulting-woman-he-met-on-dating-app.html
SEXUAL HARASSMENT
Supermodels Speak Out Against Sexual Harassment
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/07/style/models-harassment-gerald-marie.html
Human Rights Campaign fires president for advising Cuomo over allegations
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/07/human-rights-campaign-fires-alphonso-david-president-cuomo
#MeToo: Study finds sexual harassment in academic libraries more frequent than thought
https://www.colorado.edu/today/2021/09/02/metoo-study-finds-sexual-harassment-academic-libraries-more-frequent-thought
South Korea: 1 in 4 game users experience sexual harassment, discrimination
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/tech/2021/09/134_315073.html
POLICY / LEGISLATION
In Texas, Rape Crisis Centers Struggle to Respond to New Abortion Law
https://time.com/6095405/texas-abortion-law-rape-crisis-centers/
Arizona: Tucson’s 2nd exam site for sexual assault victims opens
https://apnews.com/article/health-tucson-sexual-assault-b5122caa2382c854107d33108048b14f
Syrian refugees tortured, raped and missing after returning home, Amnesty says
https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20210907-syrian-refugees-tortured-raped-and-missing-after-returning-home-amnesty-says
Germany: Japan protests Berlin district "comfort women" statue extension
https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2021/09/bf8eb5424adf-japan-protests-berlin-district-comfort-women-statue-extension.html
Tanzania: Digital Storytelling to Combat Cross Border Child Marriages, FGM
https://allafrica.com/stories/202109070072.html
Kenyan men join battle to end FGM
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-58200718
CHILD MARRIAGE
Afghan evacuation raises concerns about child trafficking
https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-child-trafficking-27d93a340c4834d497eb36e22bb72f42
Philippines: House OKs bill banning child marriage
https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2021/9/6/House-OKs-bill-banning-child-marriage.html
As Boy Scouts eye end to bankruptcy, tough work lies ahead in vetting, valuing sexual abuse claims
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2021/09/03/boy-scout-sexual-abuse-which-victims-get-money-bankruptcy/5688484001/
Maryland: Man described as world’s largest child porn purveyor gets 21-27 years in prison
https://www.pennlive.com/crime/2021/09/man-described-as-worlds-largest-child-porn-purveyor-gets-21-27-years-in-prison.html
CASE STORIES
Bill Cosby accuser Andrea Constand discusses comedian's release in first TV interview
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/bill-cosby-accuser-andrea-constand-discusses-comedian-s-release-first-n1278589
COMMENTARY
I Survived Bill Cosby. And I Will Not Be Defeated by His Release
https://time.com/6094926/andrea-constand-healing-after-bill-cosby-release/
Why no one wants to talk about intimate partner violence in queer relationships
https://www.mambaonline.com/2021/09/06/why-no-one-wants-to-talk-about-intimate-partner-violence-in-queer-relationships/
The Staggering Costs of Sexual Harassment
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/sexual-harassment-workplace-settlements/
Aid-for-Sex Alleged in Northern Mozambique
https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/09/07/aid-sex-alleged-northern-mozambique