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An immigration agent in the Dominican Republic has been arrested after being accused of raping a Haitian woman in a detention cell at the country’s main international airport in the presence of ...
Perpetrators of crimes against these migrants are often those involved with people smuggling, known as coyotaje. [8] [9] [10] They may also be bandits, members of criminal gangs, other migrants, or government employees in either Mexico or the U.S. [8] [10] [11] Sexual violence may be considered part of the "price" women must pay in order to be smuggled over the border.
The percentage of women who have been raped in the United States is between 15% and 20%, with various studies disagreeing with each other. (National Violence Against Women survey in 1995, 17.6% rate; [13] a 2007 Department of Justice study on rape found 18% rate [14]). About 500 women were raped per day in the United States in 2008. [10]
Dominican Republic authorities have stopped short of confirming a Delaware woman's story about a brutal attack at an all-inclusive hotel that left her fighting for her life, the New York Post reports.
Unemployment, poverty, illiteracy, history of abuse, drug use, and gang membership are all individual causes of rising human trafficking within the Caribbean. [10] [11] Oftentimes, traffickers will work along the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic and trick fathers and mothers into letting their children leave, resulting in the exploitation of their children. [12]
A woman who was brutally beaten and left for dead while on vacation at a luxury Caribbean resort is speaking out months after the attack to stop others from going through a similar ordeal.
More than 150 women and girls have accused Nassar of sexual abuse while he was their physician. Nassar first pleaded guilty to charges related to the case in 2017 and will spend the rest of his ...
Sexual abuse removed their bodily autonomy, reinforcing that they have little say in their own lives, and created the narrative that they exist to please others. [1] Abuse stemming from residential schools continues to be seen today through generational trauma and continued cycles of abuse.