News

May 2004

Rape Crisis Scotland has produced issue two of our new newsletter Rape Crisis News. You can see a pdf version here .

This has been widely circulated to relevant organisations, but if you have not received one and would like to be on future mailing lists for copies, please contact the office. info@rapecrisisscotland.org.uk

Contents for Issue 2, summer 2004, include:

News about the two new rape crisis centres.

A report on our meeting with the Solicitor General.

The launch of Women's Voices, Women's Lives - a regular feature of writings by survivors. This issue's article is on being drugged and raped.

An article on why Scottish Rape Crisis Network centres are women only.

Cool Feminism: A criticism of 'porn fashion'.

Information about the new funding for rape crisis centres and other services for survivors.

International News including: Mass rape in Sudan; Amnesty International declares violence against women "the greatest human rights scandal of our times" and lobbying against banks funding pornography. Also, a report on the successful lobbying in the USA against Virgin Atlantic's plans for urinals in the shape of a woman's lipsticked open mouth at the airline's Executive Clubhouse at Kennedy airport in New York.