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  • How Adult Survivors Of Childhood Trauma Forge Their Own Paths To Recovery

    September 17, 2018 |

    Texas Standard |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Houston, Texas

    In Texas, mental health care advocates are making strides to reduce stigma and connect people suffering from trauma with paths to healing. In public schools, teachers receive training on trauma, and local hospitals are starting programs geared towards healing people who have suffered trauma or related PTSD. By adding mental health education into existing systems, they are working to lessen stigma and lift up the community.

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  • Using Young Adult Novels to Make Sense of #MeToo

    September 12, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Speak, a young adult novel that grapples with sexual violence, was heralded for its unflinching honesty. Now, in the wake of the #MeToo era, librarians and educators are “ turning to fiction to help teenagers understand emotional trauma and make sense of this cultural reckoning.” Since Speak, which was published in the 90s, more young adult novels are dealing with the topic, providing a safe space for young readers to learn about and process the topic.

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  • Truckers take on human trafficking

    August 20, 2018 |

    High Country News |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    The group Truckers Against Trafficking launched in 2009 to enlist the help of truck drivers to spot and report cases of human trafficking, which was common at many truck stops. The group trains truckers through video tutorials using experts on trafficking to offer tips on how to spot people being coerced into prostitution. Eight states now require the training and parts of the program are used in nearly 40 states, while truckers have helped identify more than 1,000 trafficking victims.

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  • Her rapist was convicted because of a rape kit. So why are so many kits untested?

    August 15, 2018 |

    KUOW Radio |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Ohio

    Ohio has invested heavily in new technology and processes to improve and streamline the testing of rape kits. As Washington grapples with limited resources and lab inefficiencies, it looks to Ohio as an example of productivity and efficiency. After passing a bill requiring the processing of all rape kits, crime labs in Washington are facing a backlog that, without changing their ways, could take up to six years to complete.

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  • Nosy, persistent, brave: the women who catch sex-traffickers red-handed

    August 03, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Nepal

    In Nepal a team of people monitor border crossings to rescue young women being trafficked into brothels in India. The women are tricked into believing there are jobs waiting for them rather than brutal lives of sexual servitude. The volunteer interceptors work with the organization Love Justice, which says it makes about 90 successful interventions every month, to reconnect the young women to their families or to other organizations.

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  • Rape Victim Advocates Get a Role Alongside the Police

    June 27, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Partnering police agencies and advocates for survivors of sexual assault in cities like Philadelphia and New York City has helped to solve some of the difficulties investigators have faced in cases of sexual assault while also holding investigators accountable for their attitudes and follow-through. Audits by advocates have "changed rape investigations nationwide" and provide a model for other cities.

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  • Equipping Women to Stop Campus Rape

    May 30, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Canada, Windsor, Ontario

    Flip the Script is a program utilized on college campuses that trains women to prevent sexual assault. The program educates young women on setting their own personal boundaries, recognizing the early signs of a sexual assault, and training them to respond effectively to a dangerous situation. The program encompasses physical and verbal training and has proven so effective that Evidence-Based Programs rated it as the only program in violence prevention to date that earns a Top Tier score.

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  • Kids Say #MeToo After Each Performance of This Play

    May 16, 2018 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Virginia

    Since the mid-1980s, Prevent Child Abuse Virginia (PCAV) has used theater to teach elementary and middle school students about sexual abuse and in the process empower them to report it. Over the course of 34 years, 13,000 students have disclosed their abuse experiences following a viewing of the play. “Many parents are very uncomfortable talking to their children about personal body safety because it gets all mixed up with the sex conversation,” executive director of PCAV explains. "The messages in the play fill the gap left behind by ineffective policy and cultural roadblocks," the author says.

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  • Life After ‘The Life': Putting Families Back Together After Children are Trafficked

    April 11, 2018 |

    The Chronicle of Social Change |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Davis, California

    A class designed by UC Davis researchers is helping parents of sex-trafficked kids and teens learn the skills necessary for successful reunification. The first class of its kind, it focuses on educating parents through trauma and giving them the tools they need to help both themselves and their children.

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  • Gunshot Survivors May Be Eligible for Crime Victim Compensation. Here's Everything You Need to Know to Apply.

    April 11, 2018 |

    The Trace |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Every state in the U.S. has a compensation fund to help those who experience crime with expenses like medical and dental bills and counseling. However many of the funds go untapped because victims don't know about them or are confused by the process of applying. Injuries from gunshots can be particularly challenging and expensive to deal with, so this guide offers basic steps on how to do apply for help and what kind of documentation victims need to provide.

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