This mystery has been talked about nationally for the last week or so. I found this whole missing persons case extremely interesting, as well as so many others. Gabby Petito was a 22 year old girl who went on a cross country trip with her fiance, Brian Laundrie. By the end of August, she was … Read more
Article Link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/09/17/afghanistan-girls-school-talibantaliban-reopens-high-school-boys-makes-no-mention-female-students/ On Friday, September 17th, the Taliban released a statement requiring all male students and male teachers to return to their academic institutions. Girls up to 6th grade are able to attend primary school, but they are being taught in separate classrooms away from the boys. There are also some universities allowing women to … Read more
Link to Article: https://www.unwomen.org/en/news/stories/2020/5/press-release-the-shadow-pandemic-of-violence-against-women-during-covid-19 I found a very interesting article about the affects that the COVID-19 pandemic has had on violence against women. The article refers to the spike in domestic violence against women as the “Shadow Pandemic”. It was noted that due to many of the shelter-in-place regulations amidst the spread of COVID-19, that … Read more
Sexual violence against women is continuing to rise during the pandemic all around the world. According to the World Health Organization, sexual violence is defined as “any sexual act, attempt to obtain a sexual act or other act directed against a person’s sexuality using coercion, by any person regardless of their relationship to the victim, … Read more
Survivors of domestic abuse continue to battle their past long after the abuse has stopped.This was the case for many women who have walked into Judge Anonthey McGinty’s courtroom. McGinty is a family court judge in Upstate New York that has been accused of favoring abusive men in custody suits. Fancesca Amato is just one … Read more
In a society like today where domestic violence and sexual abuse is high, I wonder how things would be if more countries were to take similar steps to Russia and have more feminists in positions of power. Would society change greatly and cater more to women than men or would things balance out? I personally … Read more
30 years ago Wayne Bethurum was in his late 40s when he groomed an underage family member and entered into what he thought of as a relationship. He says he now understands after completing his prison sentence for sexual assault. Since then he has not reoffended and has been involved in his community. After receiving … Read more
In this United Nations story, a teenager was trafficked between Burundi and Tanzania, in East Africa. Four years ago, 12-year-old Elisabeth (her name was changed for safety purposes) sought after domestic work in Tanzania as a minor, to ensure that she had food and a bed to sleep in. She expected no money, but only … Read more
Former French model scout and modeling agency manager, Jean-Luc Brunel, age 75 has been formally charged with raping a teenager in the 1990s. On December 16, 2020, Brunel was arrested and taken into custody by the National Police on the suspicion of criminal conspiracy, of providing underage girls to Epstein, and several charges of sexual … Read more
In an article I had read the other day, I came across something that reminded me of our in-class discussion. in an article about a woman named Zhōu Xiǎoxuán who has been in a legal battle that’s been going on for years now that started in a lawsuit for sexual harassment by her during her … Read more