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CREATING A SAFER WORLD
Childhood Sexual Abuse and Its Effects on Mothers
Though the effects of CSA at the individual-level are well-documented, it is unclear how CSA victimization may impact mothers as they become parents and seek to prevent multigenerational victimization.
Inequalities in Healthcare
Pregnancy related mortality rates indicate clear racial and economic disparities in the healthcare system. The pregnancy related mortality rate among black women is over three times higher than among white women in the United States (Vilda et al., 2019). There is an urgent need to understand the reasoning behind this inequality and these deaths in order to promote equity and save lives.
Women in Prison: Why We Need to Treat our Marginalized Populations Better
From 1995 to 2005, the female inmate population more than doubled itself, and this number is still growing exponentially — and with it, so is the number of in-prison sexual assaults. In a study looking at the sexual victimization on women in prison, it found that 17.2% of the inmates examined in the study reported an “in-prison” sexual assault (Blackburn et al., 2008).
