Category: U.S Coast Guard
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Panayiota Bertzikis and Military Rape Crisis Center featured in Glamour
Attention Rapists: You’ve Met Your Match From Steubenville, Ohio, to Washington, D.C., from city courts to Twitter feeds, a new generation of women are taking the fight for justice into their own hands. Let their total fearlessness inspire you…. That outrage is moving many women to action. After Panayiota Bertzikis, 31, reported being assaulted by…
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Coast Guard Academy superintendent make excuses for sexual predators
The United States Coast Guard Academy reports 10% of all female cadets experienced unwanted sexual contact, a 2% increase from the previous year. More than half of the women that reported sexual abuse had said alcohol and/or drugs were used as a tool to commit these crimes. Unwanted sexual contact includes a range of behaviors, from sexual assault…
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Collins, Turner, Tsongas Press Coast Guard on STRONG Act Implementation
Washington, D.C. – Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), Reps. Mike Turner (R-OH) and Niki Tsongas (D-MA) wrote to the Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard to express their concern that the Coast Guard has not yet adopted an expedited transfer policy for victims of sexual violence as have the military departments under the authority of the…
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