Sexual Harassment News: Coronavirus Child Abuse Epidemic, University of Michigan
The Coronavirus Could Cause a Child Abuse Epidemic
NEW YORK TIMES
Entire families are sheltering at home, often in close quarters. Anxiety about health, education and finances is high. Children aren’t seeing the teachers, counselors and other adults who would normally raise concerns about their well-being. The Covid-19 pandemic has created the conditions for a rise in child abuse that could go unchecked.
Children could be at risk for sexual violence in particular. An estimated one in four girls are sexually abused by age 18, and the abuse is typically perpetrated by a family member in the child’s home. read more »
UM asking thousands of former student athletes about sexual abuse by campus doctor
THE DETROIT NEWS
The University of Michigan is contacting nearly 7,000 former student athletes who were on campus decades ago during the tenure of Dr. Robert E. Anderson and asking them to speak with investigators if they were sexually abused by him, or know anything pertinent to an investigation of his conduct and the university's response. read more »
