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Katie Couric New episode of #NextQuestion: I find out what it’s like to give birth in the time of #COVID19 from the perspectives of mothers, doctors, and doulas. | apple.co/3cp14XH |
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@katiecouric : Not that many 27 year olds can say they were nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, but today’s #WednesdayWoman can!! #VERYIMPRESSIVE. @amandangocnguyen, the founder of the non profit organization @risenow.us, is working tirelessly to pass a Sexual Assault Survivor Bill Of Rights in all fifty states - 14 states have passed it so far. A survivor of sexual assault herself, she is fighting to protect other victims across the country by making sure rape kits - which contain critical evidence - are not destroyed and that rape survivors have access to their medical information and are not required to pay for evidence collection. (Not even convicted criminals have to do that.) Amanda was raped in 2013 when she was an undergraduate at Harvard but chose not to press charges upon learning that there was a 15 year statute of limitations for prosecuting the crime in Massachusetts. But after she discovered the state destroyed rape kits after six months, she lobbied the Massachusetts legislature to change the law - and she succeeded. “It’s called secondary trauma when a criminal justice system is meant to protect survivors but instead it hurts them and re-traumatizes them. A lot of people tell survivors to go to the criminal justice system..but I was met with a Kafkaesque system that was a labyrinth for me to figure out why my evidence was being destroyed and why that deadline even existed in the first place.” She calls this a civil rights issue because “other crimes aren’t treated this way. For instance, murder - a class A felony, just like rape - the evidence is never destroyed. That’s how you solve cold cases in murders.” Amanda, thank you for turning your trauma into transformative change. You inspire me. (And I discovered you on Instagram - so cool!) To learn more about Amanda’s work, visit http://www.risenow.us/about-rise #wednesday #womenwednesday #wcw #survivorsbillofrights #rise
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