On Perilous Migrant Trail, Women Often Become Prey to Sexual Abuse https://t.co/s7a13ZD6AU — Amanda M Klasing (@AMKlasing) January 4, 2016 Susanne Höhne, the lead psychotherapist at a center in west Berlin specializing in treating traumatized female migrants, says that almost all of the 44 women in her care — someContinue Reading

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/pamela-madsen/women-paying-for-sex_b_7886976.html It’s really more than paying for spankings most of the time when women are paying for sex; what women are really wanting is sexual explorations, and it’s happening all over the United States and around the world. And we are talking about “respectable women” and “beautiful” women too. Perhaps,Continue Reading

http://www.post-gazette.com/news/health/2015/08/18/Homeless-women-find-sexual-violence-part-of-life-on-the-street/stories/201507130149 Abuse erodes women’s self-esteem and leaves them more vulnerable to exploitation if they manage to run away and end up homeless, said Judith Benitez, deputy director for transitional housing at the network, based in Washington, D.C. “It’s like a carousel,” she said. “It doesn’t matter what horse you getContinue Reading

http://www.christiantoday.com/article/post.traumatic.disorder.ptsd.raises.heart.disease.risk.for.women/57707.htm A new study suggests that post-traumatic disorder (PTSD) in women can increase their risk of incurring heart disease. The study came out in JAMA’s Circulation and is based on the work of investigators from Columbia University, led by Jennifer Sumner. It found that women who have been through traumaticContinue Reading

Four brave Muslim women are ‘Breaking Silence’ around sexual assault http://t.co/Z18e1RhVNO — HuffPost Religion (@HuffPostRelig) September 21, 2014 After years of crushing silence, four Muslim-American women are opening up about the sexual abuse they’ve suffered at the hands of someone they trusted. The women are featured in filmmaker Nadya Ali’sContinue Reading

The alleged rape of a 10-year-old Afghan girl by a mullah in Kunduz, in northern Afghanistan, provides grim foreshadowing of the fragility of hard-won rights for women and girls in Afghanistan. The victim, who suffered severe internal injuries from the alleged rape, has received death threats from her own family,Continue Reading