Europe | Finland | Crimes

No Joke: Finnish TV Spot Teaches Women How Not to Get Raped By Migrants

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If this is how women are being taught to protect themselves, Europe is done. Sadly, this is not a joke nor a satirical sketch on a late-night comedy program. What you are about to watch is a so-called "educational video" by Finnish media. This is Finland's weak, ineffective attempt to teach women how not to get raped by migrants. Of course it would be "Islamophobic" to actually feature migrants in the video, so none make an appearance. Rather, the "rapist" in this dramatization is a white male. So how does this video suggest women fend off the barbarian hordes bent on violating them? H
Europe | Spain | Crimes

Ridiculous: Spanish Archbishop Blames Disobedient Wives For Domestic Violence

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A Catholic archbishop in Spain is causing controversy by implying that women are primarily to blame for domestic violence. Archbishop Braulio Rodriguez Plaza of Toledo told his congregation on Dec. 27 that domestic violence mainly occurs when a woman asks her husband for divorce, reports The Local. "Often, the macho reaction comes about because [the woman] asked for a separation," Rodriguez Plaza said in his sermon, according to The Local. He added that the majority of domestic abuse deaths occur when a man "does not accept" his partner or "rejects them for not accepting their demands."
South Asia | Afghanistan | Crimes

Afghan radio station focused on women’s rights is a casualty of the Taliban

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As the Taliban fighters approached, the employees of Radio Roshani fled. They locked the station door behind them, the pre-recorded programs still on the air, seemingly in defiance. On the afternoon playlist was a feature to encourage Afghan women to take part in politics. But it was never broadcast. “The radio was silenced at 2 p.m.,” said station director Sediqa Sherzai, who was listening to the programming shortly after fleeing the compound in Kunduz. By then, Taliban militants had seized the station.
Middle East | UAE | Crimes

Reporting rape means prison time for women in UAE

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Women who report rape in the UAE risk being accused of, and are routinely imprisoned for, committing Zina- adultery and fornication in Islam. The country abides by Sharia Law, which punishes sex outside of marriage with prison time and even flogging. Many of the jailed women are pregnant, or are migrant domestic servants who left their country to work for an employer, reports The Guardian. Some of the women who report being raped only to face prosecution and imprisonment are UAE residents, but the majority are domestic servants to wealthy citizens. The situation is more common than not,
North America | United States | Corruption

Former Congressional Candidate Admits Sending Death Threats To Herself

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A former Congressional candidate admitted to CBS13 that she sent herself fake death threats in the mail. Karen Davis is now facing federal charges for lying to investigators about two death threat letters she said she received during her failed 2014 campaign. “You know, everybody makes mistakes. I did,” she said. The first letter included the line, “A close up to your head or to your husband will be final. You make the decision not to run for Congress.” A second letter read, “If you don’t quit very soon, you won’t be warned. You won’t see it coming. Your family will
Africa | Nigeria | Corruption

Nigeria’s ex-oil minister Alison-Madueke arrested in London – sources

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Nigeria's former oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke was arrested in London on Friday, a source from Nigeria's presidency circle and another with links to her family said. Alison-Madueke was minister from 2010 until May 2015 under former president Goodluck Jonathan, who was defeated by Muhammadu Buhari at the polls in March. Buhari took office in May promising to root out corruption in Africa's most populous country, where few benefit from the OPEC member's enormous energy resources. A police spokesman in London said he had no record of such an arrest. The National Crime Agency did no
North America | United States | Corruption

Mostly Women…Shame: School drug counselors charged with carrying out $46-million Medi-Cal fraud scheme

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In middle schools and high schools across Los Angeles County, Atlantic Recovery Services offered some hope: a free, government-funded treatment program for children coping with drug and alcohol addiction. But prosecutors alleged this week that the Long Beach-based program was set up to exploit children and defraud taxpayers, with supervisors telling staffers to forge student signatures, falsify treatment records, and enroll students who may have merely dabbled in drugs, even once. Eight employees of the now-defunct drug treatment company have been charged in a decade-long scheme that ne
North America | United States | Crimes

Prosecutors: 2 Women Day Care Workers Ran ‘Fight Club’ For Kids Aged 4-6

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Two New Jersey women face charges for staging a “fight club” among boys and girls at a day care center, Union County prosecutors said. Erica Kenny, 22, of Cranford, and Chanese White, 28, of Roselle, are accused of child abuse. Kenny also faces charges of endangering the welfare of a child. Kenny and White allegedly instigated the fights among kids aged 4 to 6 at Lightbridge Academy in Cranford last month, prosecutors said. Kenny allegedly shot video of the fights and posted them to social media, prosecutors said. White faces up to 18 months in prison. Kenny could get up to f
North America | United States | Corruption

Keila Ravelo: From ‘Women Worth Watching’ to Under Arrest

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Just weeks before she quit her job at a white-shoe law firm in New York and was arrested on charges of stealing more than $5 million from two former employers and a client, Keila Ravelo was named one of 100 “Women Worth Watching” by a diversity publication. Ms. Ravelo’s photo and bio are still posted on the website of Profiles in Diversity Journal even though she is now facing criminal charges that could send her to prison. Other alleged actions by Ms. Ravelo could unravel the largest antitrust settlement in history – a $6 billion pact between Visa, MasterCard and millions of mercha
Europe | Russia | Crimes

Boxing world champion shoots 19-year-old in road rage incident

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A champion of women’s Thai boxing gave a new meaning to the phrase “road rage” when she shot a passenger in the car next to hers at point blank range. Oksana Kizhnerova, 24, a member of the Russian national Thai boxing team, a gold medalist in the European championship and in the World Martial Arts Games, was driving in the Siberian city of Omsk when she was cut off by another driver. Kizhnerova caught up with the car and opened fire out of her ‘traumatic pistol’ – a non-lethal weapon that can still cause serious injury which has become quite popular in Russia. Though s
North America | United States | Crimes

2 in 5 military women endure sexual trauma during service

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In the U.S. military, women may be nearly 10 times more likely than men to experience sexual assault or harassment, a study of recent veterans suggests. Researchers from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) surveyed more than 20,000 men and women who served during the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. About 41 percent of women and 4 percent of men reported suffering some form of sexual harassment during their time in the military. One in five U.S. women and one in 71 men report being raped at some point in their lifetime, and among both genders, about one in 20 people experience othe
International | Crimes

Hackers Are Sneaking Into Women’s Webcams and Posting the Footage on YouTube

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Here’s more evidence that you’re not a tinfoil hat-wearing conspiracy theorist if you cover your webcam with a post-it note. According to a new report by digital rights group Digital Citizens Alliance, hackers are hijacking the webcams of women and girls and uploading the intimate footage to YouTube for profit. The report, which was released at the Black Hat conference, describes how hackers known as “ratters” use a special kind of malware called a remote access trojan, or RAT, to gain access to a victim’s computer and control their webcams. Trojans account for 70 percent of al
Europe | France | Crimes

French swimming champion attacked for being gay

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Mélanie Hénique, a 23-year-old French swimmer, bronze medalist at the 2014 World Championships in Doha and a European champion in mixed medley in 2012, was attacked for being a lesbian. The insult on the famous athlete at home reignited a sensitive debate in the country. Henique, who identifies herself as gay but says that she prefers to keep her private life private, was leaving a restaurant with a couple of female friends when four men insulted them and hit them.
North America | United States | Corruption

Chesterfield woman charged with stealing $800,000 from Virginia Physicians for Women

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A former billing specialist for Virginia Physicians for Women who has a prior conviction for welfare fraud has been charged with embezzling more than $800,000 from the well-known obstetrics and gynecology practice in Midlothian. Edith W. Harris, 51, of the 7400 block of Sandlewood Drive, was arrested June 29 on 11 counts of felony embezzlement, Chesterfield County police announced Monday. Grohowski said Harris was responsible for making reimbursements to the accounts of patients who had overpaid for services while under the care of Virginia Physicians for Women at 10710 Midlothian Turn