Adoption discrimination 'holding back' LGBTQ+ families in US
Research by Gallup has found LGBTQ+ people are more likely to adopt children in foster care than non-LGBTQ+ people.
Source: thepinknews.com
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BRIGITTA MANGALE | The need for legal reform is urgent to eliminate GBV
The annual 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children campaign aims to raise awareness of the enduring and devastating impact that gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF) has on women and children, and on our society more broadly.
Source: sowetanlive.co.za
Centre for Applied Legal Studies challenges SA's rape & sexual offences laws
The case takes aim at the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Act and the “out” that’s effectively provided to a person accused of rape and other sexual offences, if they subjectively believed there was consent - even if that belief was unreasonable.
Source: ewn.co.za
CALS application to join challenge of SA's rape & sexual offences laws granted
Local non-governmental organisation, the Embrace Project, and a young woman who was raped in 2018 are challenging the defence that an accused in these kinds of cases subjectively believed, in their own mind, that there was consent.
Source: ewn.co.za
Teen pregnancies, health workers and mandatory reporting of sexual offences
The government needs to develop protocols, training and referral networks that will support health workers to honour their duty to report sexual offences.
Source: dailymaverick.co.za