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Could the new pat-downs and body scans again traumatize men and women recovering from an attack? The article reports, “For women and men who have already been sexually assaulted, the new screening rules—or just the threat of these rules—present a very real danger. They can be triggering events, setting off a posttraumatic-stress reaction.”

The article reports, “Thirty six states received failing grades for using various restraints on the belly and arms of incarcerated woman during labor and delivery in a recent report. On Monday, activists gathered online to discuss follow-through.

The article reports, ” When a 14-year-old displaced girl was raped earlier this year in a busy area of the southern Colombian town of Mocoa, hardly anyone batted an eyelid. In another part of town, meanwhile, two sisters, aged six and 10, can’t sleep and are too scared to leave their home after being sexually assaulted in their neighbourhood.

The article reports, “As part of her two-week Asia-Pacific tour, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was in Australia on Saturday, where she called for increased cooperation between Australia and the U.S. to help drive down violence against women globally, Bloomberg reports.

The article reports, “The National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) has announced a partnership with popular daytime syndicated talk show host and New York Times best-selling author, Dr. Phil McGraw. During the show’s Season 9 premiere this past September, Dr. Phil announced a campaign to ‘End the Silence on Domestic Violence,’ and on Wednesday, November 10, Dr.

The article reports, “Each year for Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October the Violence Policy Center releases its report When Men Murder Women.