This blog is dedicated to sharing ideas and action points with persons, institutions or agencies interested in bringing about some positive change in Africa through the instrument of appropriate Forensic Medicine Practice and Human Rights Advocacy. How Forensic Medicine strengthens health care delivery; offers medico-legal support to the justice system; and promotes Human Rights, will be highlighted. Challenges confronting practice in Africa will also be a subject of focus.
Saturday, March 30, 2013
Another Woman is dead from Sexual Violence
The sad commentary is that our institutions are not equipped to investigate and manage sexual violence. For every case reported in the media, there are many more we'll never get to know and the "silent" epidemic continues. Man stabs lover to death. We can't continue on this path without any concrete interventions. Soon, we'll be organizing a course on "Management of Sexual Violence" and target audience will include police officers, lawyers in both the bench and bar, medical practitioners who sometimes attend to cases of sexual assault, commonly called "Rape Cases", concerned nurses, NGOs activists in Sexual Violence prevention, and other interested persons or organizations.
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