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Blog Against Sexual Violence Day - 4/3/08
Today is Blog Against Sexual Violence Day and I found this gem. Get out your barf bags. At Halliburton/KBR, sexual assault is just part of the workplace experience for women by Lisa Takeuchi Cullen Like many viewers, I watched this ABC 20/20 report when it first aired in December with jaws-open, eyes-bugging horror. It told the story of two women workers for Halliburton/KBR who had been sent to Iraq. There, one, Jamie Lee Jones, a young computer tech, was gang-raped on her fourth day by coworkers after being drugged; the other, Tracy Barker, was sexually assaulted by a State Department employee. Both immediately reported their assaults, only to have KBR first lock them in isolation, then question their accusations. In the case of Jones, it even "lost" the medical report that documented evidence of gang rape. Here, then, is the update, posted this week on ABCNews.com. It ain't pretty. A mother of five who says she was sexually harassed and assaulted while working for ...
MY THANKS TO THE CARNIVAL OF 16 DAYS OF ACTIVISM AGAINST GENDER VIOLENCE BLACKLOOKS did a great job . Carnivals are a lot of work and those who do them are to be applauded. This one included a lot of important posts about gender violence across the globe. Blacklook's included some terrific posts (including mine) so go give it a read and pass it on and raise awareness!