Reporting on Sexual Violence
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Sexual violence is a complex social problem, affecting one woman in five people, one in a lifetime. It makes it very important but complex topics to report on the media.
We understand that reporting these topics is a tough task and we evaluate the media's commitment to doing so in good faith
This reminder, created in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control, contains background information, statistics, definitions, language considerations, and other materials for journalists reporting sexual violence.
The publication of Berkeley Media Research Group explains the findings of sexual violence news reports, covers topics and identifies gaps.
This online course, created by Pointer Laboratories and NSFRC, addresses the use of languages, stereotypes of criminals and avoids predictable coverage.
In Know Your IX's resources, I write tips on gender-based violence especially on the university campus
Report on rape and sexual violence: Provide media kit for local and national journalists to improve media coverage
This toolkit of the Chicago Task Force on Violence against Women and Young Women provides information on gender-based violence and recommendations on media violence.
Resources from Femi Fest include a list of languages used to report sexual assault, hints for interviewing survivors, and self-care advice for survivors to talk on the media.
This article of Columbia News Review explains problematic report on Stoburnville incident.
This article by Jessica Luther explains how sports media can coverage stories about sexual assault.
This article from Darts News and Trauma Center discusses studies showing that news articles often lack background
NSVRC also responded to requests from supporters working with the media. We will provide information such as interview method, media promotion etc.
The main resource for sexual violence association and Bangor Daily News discusses how advocacy organizations and news organizations build relationships
1 Black, M C. , Basile, K .; C. , Briding, M .; J. , Smith, S .; , Walters, M. L. , Merrick, M. T., Stevens, M. R. (2011). Nationwide intimacy companion and sexual violence survey (NISVS): 2010 final report. Taken from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the National Injury Prevention and Control Center: http: //www.cdc.gov/ViolencePrevention/pdf/NISVS_Report2010-a.pdf
According to the survey of the population level conducted by the victim, 0.3 to 11.5% of women reported that they experienced sexual violence. As explained in the section on violence by intimate partners, sexual violence has serious short-term and long-term impacts on the physical, psychological, sexual, reproductive health of the victim and its children. Sexual violence during childhood can lead to smoking, drug and alcohol abuse, and dangerous sexual activity in later years. It is also related to victims of violence and violence
Most research, reports and research have focused on sexual violence against women and sexual violence in armed conflict. The mainstream story about sexual violence also often explains men as victims and women as victims. Indeed, women are greatly influenced by sexual violence, but sexual violence is done by men and women at peace and conflict. Individuals can be targeted by showing behavior based on sexual orientation and gender. This type of attack, often referred to as "rape correction", is to match an individual with a homosexual tendency or to adopt a more generally accepted concept of behavior to determine the sex of a victim It is aiming.
Sexual violence for men is more important than it is generally thought. However, the extent of such crimes remains unclear primarily due to poor documentation or lack thereof. Insufficient or unreported sexual violence against men may be due to fear, confusion, guilt, shame and shame, or a combination of them. In addition, men may dislikes talking about becoming a victim of sexual violent crime.