Used to complying with sexual coercion, victims may see assault as "normal."
Source: Liz Bannish, with permission
By Lisa Aronson Fontes, PhD* - October 28, 2016
A twenty-year old college student, has been charged with sexual assault of five University of Wisconsin women with “dozens” more eager to speak to the police. He is reported to have met his would-be victims in classes and parties, courted them through texts and Facebook messages, and then invited them into his apartment. When the young women declined his sexual overtures, he allegedly detained them against their will and assaulted them, sometimes for hours. He is alleged to have grabbed them by the arms and hair, and used drugs, persuasion, slaps and physical force to press them into a range of sex acts. Cook has also been charged with the attempted strangulation or suffocation of at least two of his alleged victims. Making law enforcement’s job a little easier, Cook recorded women’s names and details about what he liked about each one in a black leather book that they found in his nightstand. Next to some of their names he had apparently scribbled the word, “kill.”
Reporters Without Borders
https://rsf.org/en/ranking_table
The World Press Freedom Index ranks 180 countries according to the level of freedom available to journalists. It is a snapshot of the media freedom situation based on an evaluation of pluralism, independence of the media, quality of legislative framework and safety of journalists in each country.
UN International Covenant on Economic, Social & Cultural Rights - http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CESCR.aspx
UN Committee on Economic, Social & Cultural Rights - http://www.ohchr.org/en/hrbodies/cescr/pages/cescrindex.aspx
The International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net) is a collaboration of groups and individuals around the world working to secure economic and social justice through human rights.
IFJ – International Federation of Journalists - http://www.ifj-stop-gender-based-violence.org/
Support an ILO Convention to Stop Gender-Based Violence at Work - 14-Page Document - http://media.wix.com/ugd/f115df_6ceb3d93cb3b428cb94d54902c53a627.pdf
Fact Sheet on Gender-Based Violence at Work – 3 Pages - http://media.wix.com/ugd/f115df_f0a03076713e427a8785d997acc68030.pdf
Informal Workers and Collective Action features nine cases of collective action to improve the status and working conditions of informal workers. Adrienne E. Eaton, Susan J. Schurman, and Martha A. Chen set the stage by defining informal work and describing the types of organizations that represent the interests of informal workers and the lessons that may be learned from the examples presented in the book. Cases from a diverse set of countries—Brazil, Cambodia, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Georgia, Liberia, South Africa, Tunisia, and Uruguay—focus on two broad types of informal workers: “waged” workers, including port workers, beer promoters, hospitality and retail workers, domestic workers, low-skilled public sector workers, and construction workers; and self-employed workers, including street vendors, waste recyclers, and minibus drivers
