"It's a very significant and important day, " said Miriam Schler, director of Tel Aviv's Sexual Assault Crisis Centre.
The Glade Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) offers services of evidence gathering and support with a 24-hour victim helpline.
Kent is the only county in the South East that does not have a round-the-clock Sexual Assault Referral Centre.
Sexual Assault Referral Centres are usually run in partnership and funded by the NHS, police and the voluntary sector.
Two days later, he took the ability to decide to prosecute soldiers accused of sexual assault away from commanders.
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As Nir Rosen, who tweeted insensitively about the assault knows, people are touchy about how sexual assault is discussed.
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After she reported the sexual assault to the police, they investigated, questioning witnesses and confiscating the photos taken at the party.
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Barz suggested training faculty and staff on how to handle and report sexual assault allegations and rewriting student and student-athlete conduct codes.
Though the physical attack on CNN correspondent Anderson Cooper garnered lots of media attention, a sexual assault is a more private matter.
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The government has also said that it will bring in stronger sexual assault laws and has established several committees to recommend changes.
The bill introduced on Thursday would impose dishonourable discharge as a minimum penalty for anyone found guilty of sexual assault or attempted assault.
Turner and Tsongas are proposing stripping an officer's authority to change or dismiss a court-martial conviction in major cases, such as sexual assault.
While Army officials recently said the number of suicides had leveled off, they remained concerned about problems such sexual assault and domestic abuse.
The media have gone out of their way to let survivors of sexual assault understand that society supports them and protects them, right?
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Brian Witty, 41, previously a Territorial Army Parachute Regiment captain was convicted of three rapes and a sexual assault, at Kingston-upon-Thames Crown Court.
Old Bailey jurors hearing the case of four Brighton and Hove Albion players accused of sexual assault have retired to consider their verdict.
"Those who commit sexual assault are not only committing a crime, they threaten the trust and discipline that makes our military strong, " he added.
Since Worboys's arrest, the Met has overhauled the way officers investigate sexual assault allegations by creating a central intelligence unit to catch serial offenders.
"As we have both said over and over and over again, sexual assault prevention and response efforts are critically important to us, " Welsh said.
Warren Jeffs, leader of a polygamist sect of the FLDS, a fringe Mormon group, was sentenced to 119 years in prison for sexual assault.
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It occurred when, within a week of the disclosure of sexual assault and cover-up in its athletic program, Penn State did the right thing.
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While he was a fugitive, Summers was charged by Los Angeles County prosecutors with kidnapping, burglary and nearly three dozen counts of sexual assault.
Mr Mohammed is accused of sexual assault between 2005 and 2007 and his wife Ms Yousuf is charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
Mr Assange was arrested on an extradition warrant and is wanted for questioning in Sweden over rape and sexual assault allegations, which he denies.
The government has said that it will bring in stronger sexual assault laws and has established several committees to recommend changes in the law.
Two weeks ago, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel ordered the military to recertify all 25, 000 people involved in programs to prevent and respond to sexual assault.
The committee proposed punishment of up to five years in prison for law-enforcement officers who don't register cases of rape or sexual assault following complaints.
Deputy House of Commons Speaker Nigel Evans should not resign after being arrested over rape and sexual assault allegations, says fellow Tory MP Andrew Mitchell.
Deputy House of Commons Speaker Nigel Evans has denied allegations against him as "completely false", after being arrested on suspicion of rape and sexual assault.
"This week, Americans have been dismayed and outraged at new instances of the persistent and unacceptable problem of sexual assault in the military, " McKeon said.
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