Excerpt
JUDY WOODRUFF (Newshour): Earlier today, victims testified before Congress about what they went through and the changes they think need to be made in the armed forces.
Women in combat zones are more likely to be raped by a fellow soldier than killed by the enemy. But of the nearly 4,000 reports of sexual assault in the military last year, only 191 defendants were convicted at courts-martial. And because very few victims actually come forward, the real number of cases is estimated at 19,000.
Those numbers from the Pentagon have fixed new attention on the problem, with stories in The New York Times and Rolling Stone magazine on rape survivors, and the Oscar-nominated documentary "The Invisible War," filled with testimonials from military veterans who were sexually assaulted.
No comments:
Post a Comment