Archive for November, 2009
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A woman speaks out on abuse
The following thoughtful (and thought-provoking) comment was posted following Sunday’s Portland, Oregonian opinion piece by Jeannette Pai-Espinosa called “Too Man Girls, Young Women Keep Terrible Secret.” We repost it here on our blog because it speaks to the ongoing trauma of child sexual abuse victims who are silenced and ignored by society. We’d like to [...]
“Too many girls, young women keep an awful secret”
From the Sunday Oregonian, a powerful piece by Jeannette Pai-Espinosa on the marginalizing of girls and young women who have been abused. Here’s a short excerpt: Violence against girls and women is an epidemic in this country, and while we often demonstrate concern for the way women are treated in Third World countries, somehow the [...]
Working Mother tackles mothers @ the margin
From the Working Mother magazine blog, here is an article written by The National Crittenton Foundation President, Jeannette Pai-Espinosa, about how young women and young mothers are silenced from speaking out about past abuse.