Violence Against Military Women « U.S. Military Violence Against Women

Violence Against Military Women

Resources

Military Sex Offenders Registry

Military Rape Crisis Center

Rape Crisis Centers Near U.S. Military Bases

National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Violence and Sexual Assault

U.S. Department of Defense, Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Women’s Health, Military Sexual Trauma

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Women’s Tramua Recovery Program (WTRP)

If you (or someone you know) has been the survivor of a sexual assault by a member of the U.S. military, you may be interested in reading the booklet entitled “Responding to Sexual Assault in the Military: A Resource Guide and Policy Overview.”

It provides information about the definitions of sexual assault, according to the U.S. Department of Defense, as well as the specific charges that can be filed for particular types of assault. The booklet also outlines restricted and unrestricted reporting options; medical and legal options for survivors; what to expect during the reporting process in the civilian law-enforcement arena; what to expect of the criminal justice system; a list of resources for military and civilian survivors within the U.S. and on U.S. military bases overseas; and resources for civilians residing within the United States.

The booklet, as well as a book, For Love of Country: Confronting Rape and Sexual Harassment in the U.S. Military, are available from Sugati Publications at: http://www.sugati.org/Sugati_publications.html.

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Articles

Military Recruiters: Criminal, Abusive or Suspect Activity
Eight-year Chronological Review of Public Reports as of August 28, 2009, Compiled by Learning Not Recruiting – Toledo, Ohio

Sexual Assault Against Females, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, July 20, 2009

Sisters in Death: The Systemic Misogyny of Militarism Leads To Deaths of U.S. Servicewomen and Iraqi Civilian Women Feminist Peace Network, April 28, 2009

Helen Benedict on the Scandal of Military Rape, Ms. Magazine, Fall 2008

Perceived as “Dykes, Whores, Bitches”: 1 in 3 Military Women Experience Sexual Abuse The WIP, May 7, 2008

The Women’s War The New York Times Magazine, March 18, 2007

The Private War of Women Soldiers Salon.com, March 7, 2007

Violence Against Women in the Military Medscape Today, September 14, 2005 (free web page registration is required to access the article)

Sexualized Violence Against Female Soliders Going Largely Unpunished, The New Standard, June 15, 2004