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Emergency alarms to prevent domestic violence
Victims of gender abuse in a city in Argentina are being given attack alarms to combat a rise in violence against women.
The DAMA project, which is the first of its kind in Latin America, combines security technology with healthcare...
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Barbara Blaine, president of the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests (SNAP), is already dismissing Pope Francis' planned meeting with a group of sex abuse victims calling it a public relations ploy. (May 27)
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Pope Francis says his plan to meet with a group of sex abuse victims is part of an effort to move forward with "zero tolerance" in confronting and preventing clergy abuse.
But the head of a...
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The executive director of the National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies offers advice for parents after a Missouri man was arrested for allegedly sexually abusing children who attended his wife's day care center.
HEADLINE: Q-and-A: What parents should ask about day care
CAPTION: The executive director of the National Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies offers advice for parents after a Missouri man was arrested for allegedly...
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There's 'alarming' evidence that organised child abuse is widespread across England.
There's 'alarming' evidence that organised child abuse is widespread across England.
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Pope - Pope visits Spain and Germany / The life of Benedict XVI depicted in manga comic
On August 18th 2011 Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Madrid for the Catholic Church's World Youth Day.
The weeklong Catholic event is taking place against the backdrop of the European debt crisis, which has hit Spain hard.
Benedict arrived...
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Home Office inquiry into historical child abuse faces continued criticism
Home Office inquiry into historical child abuse faces continued criticism
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CLEAN : Mexico City offers whistles to prevent sexual assault
CLEAN : Mexico City offers whistles to prevent sexual assault
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RR0151/C South Africa: Railway House
South Africa (recent):
town sign; various street scenes; Sophie Jardim, founder of home for sexually abused or HIV/AIDS children, with a child; Jardim and children going into house; Jardim's craftwork; Jardim sot; still photographs of...
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Report Assails NYC Jail's Sex Abuse Response
FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: apus057923New York City's Rikers Island jail has entrenched problems dealing with sexual abuse, including emergency hotlines that don't work, confidential complaints read by fellow inmates and...
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+4:3 Victims speak out as documents shed light on US military sex-abuse record in Japan
An investigation by The Associated Press into the military's handling of sexual assault cases in Japan has found a pattern of random and inconsistent judgements in which most offenders were not incarcerated.
Instead, in the review of...
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Victims Angry At Cardinal Bernard Law
Disgraced former Archbishop Cardinal Bernard Law died early Wednesday in Rome. Law was the Boston archbishop in 2002 when court documents revealed he had failed to stop priests who molested children.
Law and other church...
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Sex Abuse Pervasive in Pakistan Islamic Schools
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Kausar Parveen weeps for her son. The nine-year-old says he was raped by his cleric at this Islamic religious school.
She remembers her son's blood-soaked pants.
SOUNDBITE: (URDU)...
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Medecins Sans Frontieres dimisses 19 staff last year for sexual abuse
International aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres says it has taken action on 24 cases of sexual harassment or abuse among employees last year and dismissed 19 people in the process.
The Switzerland-based organisation, also...
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CLEAN : Metoo: Protest in Paris against sexual harassment
Hundreds of people gather in France Sunday to denounce harassment sexual assault and rape in the wake of accounts that flooded the internet using the hashtags metoo and Balancetonporc (Rat out your pig)
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Michigan Community Apologizes to Nassar Survivor
A woman whose assault complaint against Larry Nassar was dismissed without charges being filed in 2004 accepted an apology Thursday from the leaders of a Michigan community.
Brianne Randall-Gay was 17 when she told...
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Clergy sex abuse victim vents anger at Cardinal Law
Cardinal Bernard Law, the disgraced former archbishop of Boston whose failures to stop child molesters in the priesthood sparked what would become the worst crisis in American Catholicism, died early Wednesday, the Vatican said. He was...
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Alicia Vikander Calls Out Sexual Abuse in Swedish Film Industry | THR News
Oscar-winning actress Alicia Vikander has put her name to an open letter signed by nearly 600 Swedish actresses calling out sexual abuse in the Swedish film and theater industry.
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Sex Abuse Pervasive in Pakistan Islamic Schools
Sexual abuse is a pervasive and long-standing problem at madrassas in Pakistan, an AP investigation has found.
But in a culture where clerics are powerful and sexual abuse is a taboo subject, it is seldom discussed or even...
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CLEAN : Moroccans protest after sexual assault video
Hundreds of people staged an angry protest Wednesday in the Moroccan city of Casablanca against sexual harassment after footage of a woman being assaulted on a bus caused outrage across the North African country.
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CLEAN : Song against sexual violence spreads to Venezuela
From quiet beginnings just a few weeks ago The Rapist is You the creation of four performance artists from a Chilean feminist group has turned into a mighty global roar against sexual violence (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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Pennsylvania Catholic Dioceses Will Pay Far More Than $84M To Victims
So far, Pennsylvania dioceses have paid out nearly $84 million in compensation to sexual abuse victims.
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Pennsylvania Diocese Paid More Than $4 Million To Sexual Abuse Victims
The program also includes counseling, spiritual guidance and pastoral care.