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International Center for Advocates Against Discrimination - ICAAD

1 month ago

"Bralove looks at the present moment with disappointment....She says, “the same people, the same institutions were saying, ‘Oh yeah, we’re going to change.’ Forty-one years later and nothing has changed.”"

Progress is immensely difficult when it comes to deeply embedded social practices, but it is happening; every time a just law is passed, and every time an abuser or harasser is held accountable. And it's up to each and every one of us to demand more progress every time systems fail. ... See MoreSee Less

International Center for Advocates Against Discrimination - ICAAD

2 months ago

"A man drove an Alaska Native woman to a dark street, said he would kill her and choked her until she blacked out...Having already spent a year in home confinement, he stepped out of the courtroom with no more time to serve...The case comes in a state with some of the highest sexual assault and domestic violence rates in the nation. The victim was an Alaska Native woman, a group that faces the highest sexual assault rate in Alaska at 42 percent."

There can never be equality in a culture that normalizes or trivializes sexual assault and sexual harassment. Judges like Michael Corey don't deserve to be on the bench when they fail to understand the severity of the impact of rape on victim/survivors. ... See MoreSee Less

International Center for Advocates Against Discrimination - ICAAD

3 months ago

"Environmental migration remains a relatively new topic, with little stocktaking and evaluation of the effectiveness of existing practices, especially those experiences related to the most innovative commitments outlined in the GCM. What is certain is that achieving the ambitious commitments set out in the Global Compact will be contingent on robust political will, adequate funding resources, and the successful development of new coalitions of actors." ... See MoreSee Less