Talking pupils out of sexual violence.
Pupils in Essex, UK are being given special lessons designed to challenge the attitudes that can lead to rape and sexual assault. The "Respect" project - which is being piloted at three primary and three secondary schools in Thurrock - follows a survey which suggested some young people believed sexual assault and violence could be justified in some circumstances. A national survey of over 2,000 youngsters, aged between 14 and 21, found one in two young men and one in three young women believed it was acceptable to hit a woman or force her to have sex in certain situations, for example, if she was "his wife" or was "nagging"
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Lord Nolan says Catholic church should create unit to root out child abusers in clergy.
Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, the leader of the Catholic Church in England and Wales, is expected to implement the recommendations made in Lord Nolan's independent report, says The Times. Everyone working in the church, including volunteers, would be subject to police checks
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National Crime Faculty evaluates "rape testing system".
"Criminologists hope it will help detect malicious complaints which can ruin the reputations of the people falsely accused to allow police to concentrate more on genuine cases" - The Independent...
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Canada's Kids at Risk.
The Canadian government wants to enact legislation to protect children from exposure to sex and violence on the Internet and in video games...
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Rape incidents on the increase in Botswana.
A report from the 'News-link Africa' regarding the shooting cases of raping in Botswana...
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Education resource to learn about rape and similar crimes