Making Sure Victims of Sexual Assault Are Heard
Victims and survivors of predatory sexual behavior, sexual harassment and sexual assault, have a place to report their sexual assault cases and how they were treated when they went to tell the events. If they are ready to do so. It is well established in the medical literature that every time a victim tells their story they are re-traumatised. Particularly if they first encountered a law enforcement officer or medical provider that dismissed their accounts of the event.
An advocate and activist for women’s reproductive rights based in New York, Alison Turkos, created a website to support people who have been sexually assaulted and want to report how they were heard by authorities and medical personnel in the aftermath of the traumatic event.
