Wednesday, May 11, 2011

NY Times: Peace Corps Volunteers Speak Out on Rape

"My own experience,” she said, “was that the treatment by the Peace Corps was worse than the rape.”


The women ...want Congress to pass legislation requiring, among other things, that the Peace Corps develop “sexual assault response teams” to collect forensic evidence and provide emergency health care and advocacy for victims after attacks.

 

Read the article on nytimes.com

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