New Zealand: Changes to ACC sensitive claims unit
October 9, 2009
Wellington 7 October 2009: New Zealand’s Accident Claims Corporation have made changes to the criteria for assessing sensitive claims – claims made by the victims of sexual abuse. They claim the changes will enhance ACC support for survivors of sexual abuse with a mental injury
New Zealand: ACC Cuts not responcible says Smith
September 30, 2009
Wellington, September 29, 2009: ACC Minister Nick Smith’s denial that he’s responsible for major delays processing claims for sexual abuse victims is contradicted by an ACC newsletter which puts the blame squarely on Government cost-cutting, says Labour’s Victim’s Rights spokesperson Lynne Pillay.
New Zealand:Court costs claim turned down
September 7, 2009
A Wellington Bus driver has had his claim for court costs incurred in an indecent assault charge turned down by his employer, Go Wellington
New Zealand:How W(r)ong can you get?
August 27, 2009
G-blog, New Zealand’s Green party members blog, posted some interesting points about Associate ACC Minister Pansy Wong’s interpretation of proposed changes to the ACC’s treatment guidelines for mental injury resulting from sexual abuse.
Background:
Afghanistan: ‘No sex, no food’ law passed.
August 18, 2009
Afghan women rally in support of their President despite his support of 'marital rape' law
On 18th August 2009, Wellington’s Dominion Post reported that Afghan President, Hamid Karzai has approved a law which appears to condone marital rape.
The law appears to allow husbands to deny their wives food if they will not have sex with them.
US president Obama has called the law “abhorrent” and the Afghan President has vowed to review the law in light of international pressure, but only if it is found to contravene the fledgling Afghan constitution. Read the rest of this entry »
Three generations of Salvadoran women, San Salvador 2005 by Eros Hoagland
The Salvadoran Women’s Organization, ORMUSA, has reported that 2,645 women were murdered in El Salvador in the past 8 years, with at least one woman killed per day since 2002. More than one woman a day was killed in 2006 when 437 femicides were recorded.
The report also states that there are two constants in Salvadoran femicides over this period: 8 out of every 10 women murdered are killed by a spouse or former spouse and all the murders were committed by men. READ MORE>>
USA: Lone state bucks nation-wide trend
July 27, 2009
Philadelphia Gay News, 26th June 2009: In the US, the state of Pennsylvania bucks the nation-wide trend towards an increase in violent crimes against LGBT people. Throughout the US there have been 29 reported murders motivated by the victim’s perceived sexual orientation . While the highest reported type of violence was harassment both nationwide and in Pennsylvania, the number of sex assaults in the nation increased 48 percent, continuing a three-year trend. There were no anti-LGBT-motivated sex assaults reported in Pennsylvania. READ MORE>>
