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09-20-2016, 12:24 AM
How ***ual assault survivors are shifting policy
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"I am a rape survivor."
That powerful statement by 24-year-old Amanda Nguyen opened a panel on rape culture and violence against women at the 2016 Social Good Summit on Monday. The conversation tackled where we are — and where we need to go — when it comes to fully tackling ***ual violence around the globe.
SEE ALSO: 'The conversation is changing': The Brock Turner case is shifting attitudes on ***ual assault (http://mashable.com/2016/09/02/brock-turner-release-changing-attitudes-on-rape/)
Nguyen was joined by actress and advocate Preity Zinta and moderator Asha Curran, director of the Belfer Center for In**vation & Social Impact at the 92Y (https://www.92y.org/) in New York City.
In a global society that generally devalues women, violence against those women is a devastating reality. According to the UN, an estimated (http://www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-do/ending-violence-against-women/facts-and-figures) one in three women worldwide have experienced either physical or ***ual violence at some point in their lives. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/19/violence-against-women-social-good-summit/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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"I am a rape survivor."
That powerful statement by 24-year-old Amanda Nguyen opened a panel on rape culture and violence against women at the 2016 Social Good Summit on Monday. The conversation tackled where we are — and where we need to go — when it comes to fully tackling ***ual violence around the globe.
SEE ALSO: 'The conversation is changing': The Brock Turner case is shifting attitudes on ***ual assault (http://mashable.com/2016/09/02/brock-turner-release-changing-attitudes-on-rape/)
Nguyen was joined by actress and advocate Preity Zinta and moderator Asha Curran, director of the Belfer Center for In**vation & Social Impact at the 92Y (https://www.92y.org/) in New York City.
In a global society that generally devalues women, violence against those women is a devastating reality. According to the UN, an estimated (http://www.unwomen.org/en/what-we-do/ending-violence-against-women/facts-and-figures) one in three women worldwide have experienced either physical or ***ual violence at some point in their lives. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/19/violence-against-women-social-good-summit/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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