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  • The Secret Lives of Male Sex Abuse Survivors

    Joanna Schroeder

    January 06, 2016 |

    Bright Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Santa Clarita, California

    One in six boys in the United States has experienced sexual abuse before turning 18. With few recovery options in real life, more of them are going online for support.

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  • How puppets can stop vulnerable children from becoming sex offenders

    Emily Dugan

    October 16, 2015 |

    The Independent |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, Bristol

    Be Safe uses tools like puppets to teach young children who are showing early signs of harmful sexual behavior how to control their sexual urges and what behavior is and isn’t appropriate. The goal is to intervene early to stop the behavior from developing into something more serious. So far, all but one child who graduated from Be Safe’s program has shown a reduction or total elimination of their behavior.

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  • Mumbai slum dwellers say 'I have to help' stop violence against women

    Marco Werman Rhitu Chatterjee

    September 15, 2015 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    Response Location: India, Mumbai, Maharashtra

    In the Mumbai slum of Dharavi, an NGO called Society for Nutrition, Education & Health Action (SNEHA) is working to make life safer by teaching men the importance of not being violent towards women. Through an app called Eyewatch, community members are able to document acts of domestic violence, which helps SNEHA team members locate victims and their abusers.

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  • Unique Program Delivers Emergency Care In Person To Native Victims Of Sexual Assault

    Melodie Edwards

    August 28, 2015 |

    Wyoming Public Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, Wind River Reservation, Wyoming

    By some estimates, sexual assault on U.S. Indian reservations is the worst in the world with one in three Native women assaulted during their lifetime. But nine courageous women at Wind River Reservation are trying a totally new approach. They deliver emergency care in person.

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  • The University Of Texas Makes Major Investment To Address Deficits In Campus Sexual Assault Research

    Tyler Kingkade

    August 19, 2015 |

    The Huffington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

    2014 was a year marked nationwide by activism and unprecedented federal attention to the issue of campus sexual assault. The University of Texas system is putting $1.7 million into a comprehensive, multi-year effort to combat sexual assault on campus.

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  • 7 solutions that could help stop rape on the night shift

    Bernice Yeung

    June 30, 2015 |

    Reveal |

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    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    The night shift janitor is an easy target. Working in isolation, cleaners across the country say they have been harassed, assaulted and raped by supervisors and co-workers while tidying office buildings, shopping malls and universities, as our investigation exposed.

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  • Teaching women to fight today could stop rapes tomorrow

    Tamara Straus

    June 11, 2015 |

    Quartz |

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    Response Location: United States, Miami, Florida

    “Empowerment self-defense” teaches women how to defend themselves against sexual assault, psychological awareness, and how to be verbally assertive. A study showed that women who took empowerment self defense classes saw a “46% reduction in completed rape and a 63% reduction in attempted sexual assault.”

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  • College Rape Prevention Program Proves a Rare Success

    Jan Hoffman

    June 10, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Canada, Calgary, Alberta

    Sexual violence is a serious hazard on college campuses - by some estimates, one in five female students are raped, and women tend to be at the greatest risk during their first year on campus. But a program that trained first-year female college students at various Canadian colleges to avoid rape substantially lowered their risk of being sexually assaulted, a rare success against a problem that has been resistant to many prevention efforts.

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  • Teaching women self-defence still the best way to reduce sexual assaults: study

    Erin Anderssen

    June 10, 2015 |

    The Globe and Mail |

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    Response Location: Canada, Calgary, Alberta

    In the debate over how to reduce sexual assault on university campuses, proposing self-defense classes for women is controversial. But, according to new landmark Canadian research, it works.

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  • In Bangladesh, Grassroots Efforts to End Violence Against Women

    Amy Yee

    May 28, 2015 |

    Voice of America (VOA) |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh, Dhaka, Dhaka Division

    A non-profit in Bangladesh is fighting domestic violence by having female and especially male Bangladeshi volunteers give sexual education and women's rights classes.

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