Tales of Abuse Erode Foster Care System; Child Welfare Programs Find Negative Stories Discourage Would-Be ParentsDavid Crary
Objective 1: Reasons trafficked youth present to healthcare settings Youth sought care for sexual and reproductive health, mental health disorders, acute injuries, and routine health maintenance, as outlined in Table 2. Traffickers feared discovery of abuse Some study subjects described situations where...
Abused Policewoman by: MercySlayer - It had been a long shift, but Cindy was glad it was over. She had worked hard to get on the police force and was moving up quickly. She had dealt with the sexual bias of partners, including one sexual harassment charge. Cindy knew that she was ...
Crisis in Middle East More Syria under Assad: Torment and torture Now that former President Bashar al-Assad has fled, Syria is looking toward its future. But before the country can plan for what's to come, its people want the world to be reminded of what has taken place. Dec 15 ...
According to Amnesty International, in the town of Kobo, rebel soldiers slaughtered unarmed civilians and sexually abused at least 30 women and girls in Chena hamlet.The Tigray People’s Liberation Front has not replied to the current allegations, but has previously refuted similar accusations. ...
“There are myriad barriers for survivors not only [in] receiving some form of justice, but also the support that they may need to heal from their experiences,” Nobert, of Report the Abuse, said. Nonexistent or unresponsive complaint systems, the lack of functioning or appropriate legal syste...
but not one of ’em could hold me, no more’n an ordinary slipknot could hold stuff on a packsaddle. I’m no lightweight, an’ I need the diamond hitch. But to-day, when I seen Little Peachey in the scrub over yonder, why, it was different, and I knowed it right quick. Ever...
This will badly impact on LBGTQ people, people who have been abused and can’t “prove it” (how do you prove emotional abuse? Physical and sexual abuse which shames you into silence, gives you a mistrust of anyone with authority over you, as well as the fact that some people rightfully...
But any relief I feel is tempered by knowing that China’s government will probably never fully acknowledge the system’s abuses. I’m still angry — at the fraught legacy of the adoptions, at the enduring focus on prospective parents’ feelings instead of the children’s and when people im...
Not all of the reports are about Hust. In 2015, he was the one to report child abuse when he said he saw his friend’s dad kick and push his 2-year-old son after the child knocked over the TV and broke it. He provided a witness statement to police, but the father denied abusing...