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California's Forgotten Children is an American feature documentary directed by Melody C. Miller. [1] Winning Best Documentary at the 2018 Soho International Film Festival, [2] the film follows a diverse group of resilient survivors who have overcome commercial sexual exploitation of children and are changing the world by ensuring no child is left behind. [3]
Melissa Farley (born 1942) is an American clinical psychologist, researcher [1] [2] [3] and radical feminist anti-pornography and anti-prostitution activist. [4] [5] Farley is best known for her studies of the effects of prostitution, trafficking and sexual violence.
Oleta Kirk Abrams, known to many as Lee (June 12, 1927 – January 8, 2005) [1] was one of the three founders of Bay Area Women Against Rape, the first rape crisis center in the U.S., and the first victim-witness advocate for the Alameda County district attorney's office. She became involved after her 15-year-old daughter was raped at her high ...
Delays in testing evidence from sexual assaults have been a lost opportunity for investigators and a source of frustration for victims for years, prompting California officials to announce Tuesday ...
Guy was also a cofounder of La Casa de las Madres, SF Women Against Rape, and The Women's Foundation of California. [5] [2] [6] Guy also advocated for women's access to health care in San Francisco, including family planning and abortion services. [2] She served for twelve years on the Health Commission of the City and County of San Francisco. [7]
The woman whose DNA from a sexual assault case was used by San Francisco police to arrest her in an unrelated property crime plans to sue the city, her attorney said Thursday. The woman has filed ...
Take Back the Night Foundation's Board members have participated in Take Back the Night marches and events from the 1970s to the present day. One of the first "Take Back the Night" marches was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in October 1975, after the murder of a microbiologist, Susan Alexander Speeth, who was stabbed to death while walking home alone.
A rape victim whose DNA from her sexual assault case was used by San Francisco police to arrest her in an unrelated property crime on Monday filed a lawsuit against the city. During a search of a ...