Touching a child for sexual purposes is one definition of child sexual abuse. So is showing pornography to a child, photographing a child in sexual/suggestive poses or watching a child undress. In today’s news, a story about a child sex offender often gets it’s 30 seconds of air time and then is dismissed for a [...]
Archive for September, 2009
Child sexual abuse: is this topic too taboo for you?
Posted in Helpful resources, Violence and crime, tagged child abuse, interviewing, journalism, media, reporting tips, sexual abuse on September 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Beat tweets to follow
Posted in Helpful resources, tagged abuse, Trafficking, Twitter, violence, Women's rights on September 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Twitter is a very useful tool that keeps me updated on my beat regarding violence against women, women’s rights, anti-slavery, and human trafficking. Here is a highlight of some of the Twitter users I follow to help me along the way. @nytimeskristof-This New York Times columnist and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner is a great source [...]
Violence rising in Afghanistan, shelters hard to find
Posted in In the news, Violence and crime, tagged abuse shelter, Afghanistan, domestic abuse, Huffington Post, violence on September 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There are currently only six locations in Afghanistan for women and girls to take shelter from this physical and sexual abuse experienced by family members, more specifically the men. Over 87 percent of women in Afghanistan are abused. Many of these battered women have suffered years of abuse after being forced into marriage at a young [...]
What’s a cup of tea to you?
Posted in Helpful resources, Trafficking, tagged anti-salvery, fair trade, tea, Ten Thousand Villages, TransFair USA on September 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’m a fan of Ben and Jerry’s ice cream, a cute pair of earrings and a nice, hot cup of tea. What do these things have in common? They all support fair trade and anti-slavery. A variety of products are available from TransFair USA that you may already be a fan of. These include a Cafe [...]
Relationships: Make you smile or make you scream?
Posted in Helpful resources, Women's rights, tagged abuse, counseling center, healthy relationships, Towson University on September 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
How do women end up in abusive relationships? Well, some of them just don’t see the warning signs before it is too late. They might make up excuses for their partner’s actions and words, they might blame themselves, or they may be staying in the relationship for the wrong reasons all together. Cathy Sullivan, a psychologist [...]
March to be heard
Posted in In the news, Violence and crime, Women's rights, tagged Take Back the Night, Timmins and Area Women's Centre, Towson University on September 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What do we want? SAFE STREETS! When do we want it? NOW! Last spring, this was one of several chants heard by Towson University students marching around campus to take a stand against violence and sexual abuse. At the Timmins and Area Women’s Centre in Ontario, Ca., women are preparing for their own march. On [...]
A playground not for kids
Posted in In the news, Trafficking, Violence and crime, tagged counseling center, human trafficking, Human Trafficking Awareness, prostitution, sex trafficking, Shared Hope International, Temple Hill, Towson University, Washington D.C. on September 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My name is Melissa Hale and I am thankful I can say I am not one of the 1.5 million women in the United States that are abused each year. I am hoping to use this blog to ‘tell the untold” for women that have suffered some type of abuse and use it as a place to [...]
