For immediate release July 12, 2019 Anti-sexual violence coalitions nationwide condemn the mistreatment of refugees and immigrants held in detention, demand an end to ICE raids, and POC community monitoring. State and national sexual assault coalitions across the country are united in condemning the separation of children from family members as well as the violence […]

ACESDV was contacted by a survivor who has been working with attorneys, advocates, and academics to raise awareness and bring an end to a traumatic practice referred to as ‘court-ordered rape,’ or invasive gynecological exams that survivors of sexual assault are ordered to endure in the course of proceedings against their perpetrators. Villanova University Professor […]