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Non-disclosure agreements have been used to keep victim-survivors from speaking up. Despite guidelines addressing this, new research shows such agreements remain standard practice.
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There’s nothing surprising about the fake explicit images going viral. It happens to women celebrities frequently – but anyone can be targeted.
(From left): Sisters Nicole Meyer, Elly Sapper and Dassi Erlich, outside the Victorian County Court in Melbourne.
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Dassi Erlich details the crime, the cover-up and her eventual victory in court against Malka Leifer, the former school principal who abused her.
Most child sexual abuse involves people the children know.
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With therapy and social support, children and adults who experienced child sexual abuse can regain a sense of control over their lives.
Technology-facilitated sexual violence can have significant consequences on a person’s health and well-being.
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It’s time we stop treating young people’s experiences in digital and physical spaces as distinct and mutually exclusive.
Two Canadian Security Intelligence Service surveillance officers pose for a photograph in Vancouver on Oct. 18, 2023. The officer on the right, identified as “Jane Doe” in an anonymized lawsuit, says she was repeatedly raped by a senior CSIS colleague.
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The complainants say CSIS’s internal complaint procedure is deficient, leaving people who complain open to reprisals without access to outside assistance.
People displaced by gang violence shelter at a gymnasium in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in August 2023.
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The security situation in Haiti must change – but another UN intervention may not be the way this happens.
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A royal commission into sexual abuse in Aboriginal communities is not the way to address abuse against Aboriginal children. Indigenous-led solutions are needed.
Sexual harassment is a human rights violation, yet too often it is framed as an interpersonal issue.
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To develop meaningful solutions, sexual harassment needs to be seen as an organizational issue and not just an interpersonal one.
Six years after the #MeToo hashtag went viral, women in minority communities still face extra challenges addressing harassment and abuse.
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In minority faith groups that already face hate, women who have experienced harassment sometimes fear bringing negative attention to their community.
Pope Francis (in white) at the opening session of a major congress on the Catholic Church’s future on 4 October 2023.
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Divisions and tensions in the global church are affecting the church in Africa.
Social media sites have given many the potential to reach millions of people instantly. With that reach, the risks and impacts of defamation can be far greater.
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Social media groups have emerged designed to protect women from bad dating experiences. Those who use them could be liable to being sued for defamation.
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A staggered age of consent has been suggested, which would make it illegal for adults to have sex with under-18s.
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Myths about rape and assault persist even in the post-MeToo era.
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Martin Flanagan’s school memoir describes bullying, male violence and abusive priests. But rather than a story of victimhood, it explores the grace and release of sport, finding hope amid darkness.
Motivating young people to think critically about online risks helps them understand how stereotypes, inequalities and sexist double standards impact people online.
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New approaches are needed to address the scope of abuse young people can experience when online.
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The sharing of intimate images has been on the rise among young people. But research shows navigating consent in these situations can come with a lot of grey areas.
RCMP officers in red serge march at a regimental funeral in Richmond, B.C. in November 2022.
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The RCMP’s ongoing issues with systemic misconduct and harassment and its inability to police itself require immediate, bold and systemic measures.
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Athletics New Zealand joins a long list of sports bodies dealing with abuse of female athletes. But systemic reform is taking far too long.
SBC pastor Rev. Linda Barnes Popham with the choir at Fern Creek Baptist Church in May 21, 2023, in Louisville, Kentucky.
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Women have often been maligned and mistreated within the Southern Baptist denomination, writes a scholar who has researched the SBC for 25 years.