Tag: abuse
Domestic abuse is the most dangerous side effect of quarantine
As a result of lockdowns, domestic violence rates have skyrocketed worldwide, putting many families in danger. With nowhere to go and rules keeping people...
Campus Spotlight: Women’s Resource Center, educating guys, gals and nonbinary pals
Archive / Highlander
The Women’s Resource Center (WRC) opened in August 1973 with its purpose being to create...
Spreading awareness one clothespin at a time
In honor of October being National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the Women’s Resource Center partnered with CARE (Campus Advocacy, Resource and Education) and the...
Former Pope Benedict ignores institutional reasons for sexual abuse in the...
Pope emeritus Benedict XVI is looking to the 1960s sexual revolution in search of a scapegoat for the sexual abuse prevalent amongst the Catholic...
Former Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs James Sandoval violated UC sexual...
A 298-page investigative report released by the UC Office of the President details a pattern of inappropriate behavior in direct violation of the UC’s...
J.K. Stein details abusive relationship with Hollywood director in her memoir,...
The frequency of sexual assault allegations in this post-Weinstein, #MeToo era slowly desensitizes us to the vile underbelly of rape culture that permeates the...
The Clothesline Project: Empowering and giving a voice to survivors
When walking through the colorful shirts hung up on a chain link fence set up for the Clothesline Project — a visual display to...
Actress Alisha Boe discusses sexual assault and mental illness beyond “13...
On Thursday, May 8 in HUB 302, 20-year-old American actress Alisha Boe spoke to around 400 UCR students about the prevalence of sexual assault...
Let’s talk about PWR BTTM … and responding to allegations of...
Ben Hopkins and Liv Bruce are PWR BTTM, a punk duo from New York known for being an empowering voice in queer culture, championing...
UCR Clothesline Project draws supporters from the sidelines
UCR students were greeted with a large display of freshly painted T-shirts all week long on the lawn by the HUB upper plaza as...