Tag Archive | "women"

Sexual assault reports decline as victims seeking services rise


While the number of victims seeking sexual assault services is rising, the Office of Justice Assistance

Author warns of ‘national epidemic’ of campus sexual assaults


In this academic year, between 200,000 and 450,000 college students will be raped.

That’s what author Jessica Valenti and founder of the Feministing blog told a UW-Madison audience Thursday night. She calls it a “national epidemic,” and she blames what advocates call our rape culture.

Suffering in silence: Campus sexual assaults vastly underreported


At University of Wisconsin campuses, most victims do not report crimes. The statistics are inconsistent. And most rapists go free.

Depressed mothers face barriers to treatment


More than 65 percent of depressed mothers don’t get adequate treatment for depression, according to a nationwide study released this fall by the UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health. The study of 2,130 women found that black, Hispanic and other minority mothers, as well as uninsured mothers, were among the least likely to be helped.

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