by Rae Halder | Jun 22, 2012 | Free, Our Stories Untold Blog, Womenundersiege
This post originally appeared on Women Under Siege’s blog on July 20, 2012. Silence: A symptom that plagues all scenarios of sexualized violence, rape, and abuse, no matter what communities we’re addressing. In the Sudan conflict, rape was used to silence women....
by Rae Halder | Jun 20, 2012 | Free, Our Stories Untold Blog
This post is in reflection of a June 19, 2012, NPR “Talk of the Nation” segment titled, “Many Who Are Sexually Abused Keep Quiet.” Please click the NPR logo to the right to listen to the full piece and to read the official transcript. When I...
by Rae Halder | Jun 18, 2012 | Free, Our Stories Untold Blog
This is a piggy-back post from last week’s, “Calling on Men to Take a Stand.” It’s also a father’s day post, even if it is a bit late. I wanted to write a post honoring my father–and all loving fathers–on this father’s day. In my line of work it’s far too...
by Rae Halder | Jun 11, 2012 | Free, Our Stories Untold Blog
“Men who want to support women in our struggle for freedom and justice should understand that it is not terrifically important to us that they learn to cry; it is important to us that they stop the crimes of violence against us.” — Andrea Dworkin I’m...
by Our Stories Untold | Jun 10, 2012 | Features, Free, Our Stories Untold Blog
by Ruth Marston This post originally appeared on The Femonite Blog on July 10, 2012. In reflection of the post, I (Rachel Halder) ask that you take into consideration what talking about sex could do for instances of sexual abuse and violation involving children and...
by Our Stories Untold | Jun 7, 2012 | Features, Free, Our Stories Untold Blog
by Katie Kevorkian This post is the fourth post in a series on sexual violence and the church, originally appearing on The Femonite Blog. Author Katie Kevorkian recently received a Master of Arts from Claremont School of Theology in Interreligious Education. She is...
