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The good folks at Amnesty International do a lot for women's rights around the world. They're currently working to increase awareness of and efforts to prosecute and prevent the terrible wave of sexual assault and murder of women in Guatemala. Literally thousands of women have died, and almost nothing has been done about it.

Here's what you can do:

• Demand that the Guatemalan government take action
• Find out more about the problem here, here, and here
• Let other people know about this! Like Ani D. says, silence is violence in women and poor folks.

Posted by Carrie at 2:03 PM | Permalink

From the South bend Tribune: Last week an Indiana Probate Court magistrate ordered Kim Linetty, a rape survivor, to take her three children to visit their father in prison - where he is serving time for raping her.

Although the details of Linetty's case are unusual, the debate over the
visitation rights of incarcerated fathers and the role they should play in
their children's lives is as common as it is contentious...

Why is this contentious? Well, because some states have laws dictating that parents are entitled to visitation, even when they're incarcerated rapists. And okay, yeah, fathers have rights, but come on! Can't we be creative and find a better way to handle this? Apparently not.

Continue reading "What do you mean, being forced to see your rapist bothers you? He's your boyfriend, right?" »

Posted by Carrie at 5:39 PM | Permalink