A medical forensic sexual assault examination cannot determine whether or not a sexual assault was perpetrated. However, it can provide objective documentation of examination findings that, when considered in the context of all the evidence, will assist the judge and jury in reconstructing the events in question and determining whether or not there was a sexual assault. The limitation on how much a medical forensic sexual assault examination can tell the court is not only due to the fact that “rape” and “sexual assault” are legal conclusions, not medical diagnoses.
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These 10 principles were developed by a national coalition of employer, labor, and government organizations and define a set of standards to guide workplace responses to domestic violence.
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An analysis of the 2013 Census Bureau poverty report which shows that poverty rates are declining but still remain high, espeically for women, as the gender poverty gap persists.
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A response to President Obama's announcement of My Brother's Keeper calling for an initiative to address economic disparities between women of color and other groups.
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Published in The Judges Journal in 2014, this article discusses emerging science on the impact of domestic violence exposure on children's developing brains.
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A summary of the effects of domestic and sexual violence and the workplace, including who is affected and current litigation protecting survivors.
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A report on women and poverty 50 years after President Johnson famously declared war on poverty in the United States in his January 8, 1964 State of the Union Message.
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Drawing extensively from the National Judicial Education Program’s publication Judges Tell: What I Wish I Had Known Before I Presided in an Adult Victim Sexual Assault Case , the University of Pennsylvania developed a guide titled Sexual Misconduct Complaints: 17 Tips for Student Discipline Adjudicators, intended as a template for adaptation by individual nonprofit colleges and universities.
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A shadow report about violence against women and U.S. compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) submitted to the 109th Session of United Nations Human Rights Committee.
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The growth in poverty in 2012 reflects the continuing impact of the great recession that began in 2007. Poverty disproportionately affects women and children.
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Many domestic violence victims report losing their housing due, at least in part, to the violence in their lives. Several jurisdictions have enacted laws specifically indicating that domestic violence victims are protected from housing discrimination.
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There are still virtually no women in the federally created and supervised apprenticeship system for the skilled construction trades.
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