Wed, 2017/01/25 13:31
Submitted by Amy Hill (StoryCenter’s Silence Speaks Director) and Jenn Warren (Grassroot Soccer South Africa’s Strategic Communications Manager)
This was first published by StoryCenter. Permission to publish on the SVRI Blog was given by the authors.
Mon, 2017/01/16 13:09
[Photo: WRC]
Submitted by Melissa Garcia, International Consortium for Emergency Contraception, and Sarah Rich, Women’s Refugee Commission.
Emergency contraception (EC) can reduce the risk of pregnancy after unprotected sex, including in cases of sexual violence. Global guidance is clear that EC should be offered to women and girls within 120 hours of sexual violence to prevent the traumatic consequences of pregnancy resulting from rape.
Mon, 2017/01/09 12:53
[Hermaphrodite. Roman Imperial Period, about 20 B.C. to A.D. 40]
Submitted by Laura Nacyte
The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court adheres to sex dualism. As a result, it denies legal protection to intersex victims of gender-based violence.