sexual assault

A brutal legal process that puts victims of sexual violence on trial makes convictions all too rare.
The rates of sexual assault on campus remain outrageous and it is time to look at the big picture
The history of social movements teaches us that sidelining the most vulnerable constituencies and failing to listen to the voices of diverse survivors impoverishes everyone that it claims to speak for
No one would judge me if I wanted to scream at them with every insult - but I don't think that's what I'd want to do
I reported my sexual assault but I was still silenced. I didn’t realise but Ford's words have become mine, the undertow of my thoughts and dreams and fears for 21 years
She says the police discouraged her from taking the matter any further after reporting the rape.
It is exhausting and unacceptable that survivors have to go through this collective trauma again and again, just to push back even just a little against some of the most powerful men in the world