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Reviewing same sex marriage laws in Australia  

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Reviewing same sex marriage laws in Australia  

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Australia are reviewing there laws around same sex marriages. this is being reviewed by a board which consists solely of heterosexual people. this is not a fair representative of the LGBT community. thus this is an inequality for LGBT people

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It's in our hands how the flawed religious freedom inquiry will play out | Rodney Croome

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Amid concerns about a lack of transparency submissions close on Wednesday. We must campaign for a fair outcome

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Third of girls' harassed in school uniform

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Third of girls' harassed in school uniform

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This article highlights the high level of discomfort and fearfulness experienced by girls and how it has become the norm and a 'part of growing up' for girls to experience forms of sexual harassment.

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One in three girls in the UK has been sexually harassed in public when wearing school uniform, a new report has suggested.

And two-thirds of girls say they have experienced unwanted sexual attention in public, it adds.

The figures come from a report by children's charity Plan International UK, which said many girls feel street harassment is "all part of growing up".

It is calling on bystanders to challenge harassment when they see it.

The charity commissioned an opinion poll by Opinium of 1,000 teenagers and young women aged 14 to 21 across the UK in June 2018, and also carried out interviews with girls and academics.

66% of girls in the UK said they had experienced unwanted sexual attention or sexual or physical contact in a public place

35% of girls reported receiving unwanted sexual contact such as being touched, groped or grabbed

Girls as young as eight years old described witnessing or experiencing harassment

More than one in three girls received unwanted sexual attention such as being groped, stared at, catcalled and wolf-whistled while wearing school uniform

One-quarter of girls said they had been filmed or photographed by a stranger without permission

The report features stories from several young women, including 19-year-old Malikah, from Birmingham, who said she was followed by someone in a car while walking alone.

"My phone was upside-down, but I pretended to be on the phone and was trying to make out like my dad was coming to pick me up," she said.

"Now my parents are more cautious about when I'll be home and going out after dark."

One 18-year-old said she felt street harassment was "part of the 'bro culture'" and her dad had told her: "You know what men are like."

And another girl, aged 17, said: "It's just become normal."

What to do if you are harassed

Hollaback! - an international movement tackling harassment - says there is no right or wrong way to respond.

But if you choose to speak directly to the assailant, it offers the following advice:

1. Be firm: Look them in the eye and denounce their behaviour with a strong, clear voice.

2. Say what feels natural: The important thing is that you are not apologetic in your response.

3. Don't engage: Harassers may try to argue with you or dismiss you through further conversation or by making fun of you. As tempting as it may be get into a verbal war with them, it is not recommended. The attention may further feed their abusive behaviour.

4. Keep moving: Once you've said your piece, keep moving. Harassers do not deserve the pleasure of your company.

The charity is calling on the government to recognise street harassment as a type of "gender-based violence".

It has made several recommendations, including:

Public awareness campaigns to spread the message that street harassment "is not OK"

Offer training for bystanders on how to safely intervene

Support boys and men to change their attitudes and challenge harassment

Provide relationship and sex education to young people

Training for workers in public places (shop staff, bus drivers) on spotting harassment and reporting it

The chief executive of Plan International UK, Tanya Barron, said it was "shocking and deeply concerning" that girls who are clearly of school age are being sexually harassed.

"It's simply not acceptable that girls as young as 12 are being wolf-whistled at in public, touched against their will, stared at or even followed," she said.

"This disgraceful behaviour needs to be called out and stopped."

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One in three girls in the UK has been sexually harassed in public when wearing school uniform, a new report has suggested. And two-thirds of girls say they have experienced unwanted sexual attention in public, it adds. The figures come from a report by children's charity Plan International UK, which said many girls feel street harassment is "all part of growing up".

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UK Refusal to Issue Gender Neutral Passports

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UK Refusal to Issue Gender Neutral Passports

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This article describes the high court case to have X added as a gender neutral passport options, and the arguments between the two sides

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High court backs UK's refusal to issue gender-neutral passports

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Activist claims non-gendered people are being deprived of their 'legitimate identity'

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This article portrays the inequality in primary schools of today. Inequality between social classes, the rich and poor. It shows that the rich are already ahead in education as the poor start a year behind the more privileged children.

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The UK's education class divide is wider now than it was half a century ago, new research has revealed, with children from poorer backgrounds already eight months behind their more privileged peers before starting school.

A study into international inequalities by the Sutton Trust found the UK falls behind Canada and Australia in terms of the literacy gap between pupils from the poorest and most affluent backgrounds.

Inequality levels are even larger in the US education system, where disadvantaged pupils are around one year behind before they even start primary school.

Five-year-olds in Canada and Australia with less educated parts fall behind their more advantaged peers by approximately six months at the point of starting school - a significantly smaller gap than in the UK.

While inequality has narrowed slightly in the past decade, there is still a noticeably larger gap between social groups than there was for children born 40 to 60 years ago, researchers warned.

The Sutton Trust said greater efforts were needed to reduce the disparity in the UK system, for instance by ensuring that well-trained staff are employed in Early Years settings.

Professor Jane Waldfogel, who led the research brief, said: "We have known for some time that achievement gaps in the US and UK are large. This international research puts them in context - and show that they can and should be smaller."

By analysing information gleaned from international workshops and recent OECD data, researchers said they were able to compare international practices for better understanding of the best possible policies.

The charity has also called on the government improve access for disadvantaged children to the best early years education and care, ensuring children arrive at primary school on a more equal footing.

Sir Peter Lampl, Founder and Chairman of the Sutton Trust and Chairman of the Education Endowment Foundation, said: "There is a large difference between the reading attainment of the richest and poorest children in both the US and the UK. Tackling this disparity early on is critical to breaking the cycle of disadvantage and reducing inequality.

"We need to make sure that every child has access to high-quality early years education, so that rich and poor children arrive at school on a more equal footing."

A DfE spokesperson said: "We want all children to have the best start in life and latest results show the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their counterparts is narrowing but we know there is more to do. We are giving disadvantaged families, including looked after children, extra support through 15 hours of free childcare a week for disadvantaged two year olds, and the Early Years Pupil Premium, which is worth over £300 a year per child.

"There are already a record number of nurseries, pre-schools and childminders rated as 'Good' or 'Outstanding', the proportion of children reaching the expected learning standards continues to rise and more than 16,000 specialist early years graduates have been trained. To build on that success we are creating a workforce strategy to help attract, retain and develop the very best staff and investing more than ever in the sector - £6billion per year by 2020."

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The education class divide is wider now than it was half a century ago

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The UK's education class divide is wider now than it was half a century ago, new research has revealed, with children from poorer backgrounds already eight months behind their more privileged peers before starting school.

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An article detailing the Presidents clubs men-only charity event scandal. The only women allowed to attend were hostesses told to wear skimpy black outfits, matching underwear and high heels. SHW.

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A man who helped organise a men-only charity dinner, where hostesses were allegedly groped, has quit the Department for Education board.

David Meller quit his non-executive role after claims about the event by an undercover FT reporter.

Charities are refusing donations from the Presidents Club Charity Dinner, at London's Dorchester Hotel.

Event compere David Walliams said he was "appalled" by the claims but had not witnessed anything.

The comedian and author tweeted that he was there in a "strictly professional capacity" and not as a guest.

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The Presidents Club said it would investigate, while the Dorchester said it was "deeply concerned" and was also looking into the claims.

Great Ormond Street Hospital and Evelina London Children's Hospital have said they will return previous donations from the organisers following the allegations.

The only women at last Thursday's event, attended by senior figures in business and finance, were hired hostesses.

What happened at the charity dinner?

Madison Marriage, the Financial Times reporter who worked at the event, said she and "numerous other hostesses" were groped at the event.

She said the 130 hostesses were told to wear skimpy black outfits with matching underwear and high heels and also that they could drink alcohol while working.

They were asked to sign a five-page non-disclosure agreement about the event upon arrival at the hotel, Ms Marriage said, and were not warned they might be sexually harassed.

She told BBC Newsnight she was groped "several times" and said: "It's a hands up skirts, hands on bums but also hands on hips, hands on stomachs, arms going round your waist unexpectedly.

"This isn't, I suppose, a high-level groping, but one of the strangest things was you could be talking to a man and he'd suddenly start holding your hand."

She said there were other women there "who had absolutely no idea that was the kind of event it would be".

"I had one woman tell me that she was shocked," she said. "She was asked if she was a prostitute on the night."

What have charities said?

Over more than 30 years, the annual dinner has raised £20m for children's charities, including Great Ormond Street Hospital and Evelina London Children's Hospital.

Great Ormond Street said it was "shocked" and a spokeswoman for Evelina London Children's Hospital said it was "alarmed" by the allegations.

The hospitals have said they will return previous donations from the organisers of the dinner following the reports.

The Charity Commission said it was investigating the claims "as a matter of urgency".

Who attended?

Former Department for Education non-executive board member David Meller, new education minister Nadhim Zahawi and retail tycoon Sir Philip Green were among the men who attended.

Responding to an urgent question in the House of Commons, education minister Anne Milton told MPs that Mr Meller had quit his role following the allegations.

She said Mr Meller, founder of the Meller Educational Trust, was "absolutely clear" that stepping down was the "right thing to do".

Ms Milton said allegations of this type of behaviour were "completely unacceptable" and that board members were required to follow a code of conduct.

"It is quite extraordinary to me that, in the 21st Century, allegations of this kind are still emerging," she said.

"Women have the right to feel safe wherever they work."

Mr Meller has also resigned as a trustee of the Mayor's Fund for London.

A Downing Street spokesman said Mr Zahawi had "attended briefly and felt uncomfortable at what had begun to happen."

Mr Zahawi told Newsnight: "I didn't stay long enough to really comment on the occasion."

Mr Zahawi later tweeted: "I do unequivocally condemn this behaviour. The report is truly shocking. I will never attend a men only function ever."

But Labour's Sarah Jones said Mr Zahawi should resign if he did not report his concerns and had attended on previous occasions, while shadow eduction secretary Angela Rayner called for an investigation into his attendance.

The Downing Street spokesman said the prime minister had confidence in Mr Zahawi and he was not being referred for investigation.

The Department for Education said Mr Meller and Mr Zahawi had both attended in a personal capacity.

What do the organisers say?

In a statement, the Presidents Club said: "The organisers are appalled by the allegations of bad behaviour at the event asserted by the Financial Times reporters. Such behaviour is totally unacceptable.

"The allegations will be investigated fully and promptly and appropriate action taken."

A spokesman for the Artista agency, which recruited the hostesses, said: "I was not aware of any claims of sexual harassment but the kind of behaviour alleged is completely unacceptable.

"I am checking with the staff and any complaints will be dealt with promptly and fairly."

What do women's groups say?

Sam Smethers, chief executive of the Fawcett Society, which campaigns for gender equality and women's rights, said: "Sexual harassment, but all in a good cause? This is completely outrageous and proves why we need sexual harassment by clients or customers to be covered by law.

"At the moment, these women are unable to hold their employer to account for putting them in that situation."

How have businesses reacted?

WPP, the world's biggest advertising agency, which had sponsored a table at the dinner, said it was withdrawing its future support.

Boss Sir Martin Sorrell, who did not attend, told BBC Radio 4's Today his guests did not see such behaviour and said: "We won't support the charity in future, which is regrettable because it is a charity that supports numerous children's charities and has done a lot of good work."

Real estate investment business Frogmore said the guests at its table were "unaware of any of the described events but in no way condone this behaviour" and it will now end its association with the event.

Part of the event included a charity auction, with one of the prizes being the chance to have tea with Bank of England governor Mark Carney.

However, a Bank of England spokesman said it was not aware of the dinner and "did not approve any prize".

He said it was understood a prize donated by the Bank to the Lord Mayor's Appeal charity auction had been re-gifted by the winner to the Presidents Club event.

"The unauthorised re-auctioning of the prize at the Presidents Club dinner was clearly against the spirit of the original donation," he said.

"The Bank has therefore made clear that it has been withdrawn."

Carolyn Fairbairn, CBI director-general, said: "If even half of what's been written about this event is true, it is deplorable and confirms how far we have still to go to stamp out sexual harassment."

What do politicians say?

Downing Street said the prime minister was "uncomfortable" at the reports about the dinner and a spokesman added that it was "an event she wouldn't be invited to".

Another auction prize included lunch with Boris Johnson, but Ms Milton said the foreign secretary knew nothing of his inclusion and in no way endorsed the event.

Maria Miller, chair of the Women and Equalities select committee, told the BBC the report gave "cause for concern" and brought into question whether laws in the area were strong enough.

Jess Phillips MP, who chairs the Women's Parliamentary Labour Party, told the BBC it was "totally unacceptable that women should be hired in as a herd to entertain a group of entitled rich men".

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon tweeted: "This is brave reporting from the FT, exposing behaviour that is outrageous and unacceptable."

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Liberal Democrat deputy leader Jo Swinson said the allegations were "deeply disturbing".

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A man who helped organise a men-only charity dinner, where hostesses were allegedly groped, has quit the Department for Education board. David Meller quit his non-executive role after claims about the event by an undercover FT reporter. Charities are refusing donations from the Presidents Club Charity Dinner, at London's Dorchester Hotel.

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This article focuses on both sides of the argument of "should gay couples be able to adopt?" and even some arguments that no one should be able to adopt.

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Article shows a real story of a man with mental illness that was killed by American police for doing little to nothing wrong.

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This Article focuses on a Professor of Physics speaking about how he feels men are being discriminated within the physics industry. He feels that physics has become sexist towards men as opposed to women, even though most people will still say otherwise. He carries on to say that physics was invented by men and he believes that 'men prefer working with things and woman prefer working with people'.

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A senior scientist has given what has been described as a "highly offensive" presentation about the role of women in physics, the BBC has learned.

At a workshop organised by Cern, Prof Alessandro Strumia of Pisa University said that "physics was invented and built by men, it's not by invitation".

He said male scientists were being discriminated against because of ideology rather than merit.

He was speaking at a workshop in Geneva on gender and high energy physics.

Prof Strumia has since defended his comments, saying he was only presenting the facts.

Cern, the European nuclear research centre, described Prof Strumia's presentation as "highly offensive".

The centre, which discovered the Higgs Boson in 2012, has removed slides used in the talk from its website "in line with a code of conduct that does not tolerate personal attacks and insults".

Prof Strumia, who regularly works at Cern, presented the results of a study of published research papers from an online library.

He told his audience of young, predominantly female physicists that his results "proved" that "physics is not sexist against women. However the truth does not matter, because it is part of a political battle coming from outside".

He produced a series of graphs which, he claimed, showed that women were hired over men whose research was cited more by other scientists in their publications, which is an indication of higher quality.

He also presented data that he claimed showed that male and female researchers were equally cited at the start of their careers but men scored progressively better as their careers progressed.

Prof Strumia pointed to behavioural research which he suggested may account for the disparity.

One study, he told his audience, indicated that "men prefer working with things and women prefer working with people" and another, he claimed, suggested that there was a "difference even in children before any social influence".

Prof Strumia said that these conclusions may "not be fully right... (but) the opposite assumption of identical brains is ideology".

As evidence of discrimination against male researchers, Prof Strumia claimed that "Oxford University extends exam times for women's benefit" and "Italy offers free or cheaper university for female (research) students". He also said that he himself was overlooked for a job that he was more qualified for, which was given to a woman.

Dr Jessica Wade, a physicist at Imperial College London who was at the meeting, told BBC News that Prof Strumia's analysis was simplistic, drawing on ideas that had "long been discredited".

"It was really upsetting to those at the workshop," she said.

"There were young women and men exchanging ideas and their experiences on how to encourage more women into the subject and to combat discrimination in their careers. Then this man gets up, saying all this horrible stuff."

She added: "I don't understand how such a forward thinking organisation like Cern, which does so much to promote diversity in research, could have invited him to speak to young people just starting off in their research careers when his ideas are so well known."

In a statement, Cern - which currently has its first ever woman director-general - said that the organisers were not aware of the content of the talk prior to the workshop.

"Cern is a culturally diverse organisation bringing together people from dozens of nationalities. It is a place where everyone is welcome, and all have the same opportunities, regardless of ethnicity, beliefs, gender or sexual orientation," it said.

A Cern spokesman confirmed that there was a video recording of the presentation. Senior managers would decide whether to release part or all of it, it said.

When the BBC contacted Prof Strumia he said: "People say that physics is sexist, physics is racist. I made some simple checks and discovered that it wasn't, that it was becoming sexist against men and said so."

Last month, Prof Jocelyn Bell Burnell told the BBC she believed that unconscious bias against women prevented them from getting jobs in physics research.

In 2015, Nobel laureate Prof Tim Hunt resigned from his position at University College London after telling an audience of young female scientists at a conference in South Korea that the "trouble with girls" in labs was that "when you criticise them they cry".

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A senior scientist has given what has been described as a "highly offensive" presentation about the role of women in physics, the BBC has learned. At a workshop organised by Cern, Prof Alessandro Strumia of Pisa University said that "physics was invented and built by men, it's not by invitation".

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Gender inequalities - women being treated as less then men

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Women also set to lose out 'considerably' more from cuts to tax credits and benefits than men, suffering losses of about £400 a year, compared with £30 for male counterparts, analysis shows

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Women also set to lose out 'considerably' more from cuts to tax credits and benefits than men, suffering losses of about £400 a year, compared with £30 for male counterparts, analysis shows

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This article focuses on an issue that has happened more than once in our time. It highlights how people fear what they do not understand which in this case is arabic, resulting in a student to kicked off his flight to Miami where he studies after calling his uncle.

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A Muslim student who was ejected from a Southwest Airlines plane after speaking Arabic has filed a lawsuit alleging racial discrimination.

Khairuldeen Makhzoomi was "publicly humiliated", searched and interrogated for hours after being removed from the flight before take-off at Los Angeles International Airport.

The American citizen, who came to the US as an Iraqi refugee, spoke in Arabic to his uncle in Baghdad during a brief phone call while waiting after boarding the plane in April 2016.

They discussed his excitement about talking to UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, during a dinner the previous day.

Minutes after hanging up the phone, Mr Makhzoomi said, he was "singled out" and removed from the flight by two police officers and Southwest employee Shoaib Ahmed.

According to the lawsuit, Mr Ahmed, who is also named as a defendant, said: "Why are you talking in Arabic? You know the environment is very dangerous."

Mr Makhzoomi, then a 26-year-old public policy student at the University of California at Berkeley, said he faced hours of questioning by local police and the FBI and was "invasively searched" before being released.

The student said one agent told him: "You need to be very honest with us with what you said about the martyrs. Tell us everything you know about the martyrs."

He was released soon after explaining his use of the word "inshallah", an Islamic phrase that translates literally as "God willing" that is often colloquially used to mean "hopefully".

But Southwest refused to rebook him on another flight and instead refunded his ticket. He later flew home on Delta Air Lines.

The lawsuit adds: "Southwest Airlines discriminated against and wrongfully removed Mr Makhzoomi from his flight for no reason other than for speaking in his native language. In doing so, the airline, by and through its agents and employees, intentionally violated Mr Makhzoomi's civil rights.

"Southwest was and is well aware of the prevalent stereotypes and sentiments associated with Islamophobia and knew or should have known that they cannot simply remove Arabic speaking passengers without having a valid reason or concern."

It said "no passenger or agent of Southwest actually observed any safety concerns or contentious communications... except for the fact that Plaintiff appeared to be Middle Eastern or Muslim".

Mr Makhzoomi, now a graduate student at Georgetown University in Washington DC, is seeking compensation and punitive damages for civil rights violations, discrimination and emotional distress.

He is receiving legal assistance from the Council on American-Islamic Relations, which said Mr Makhzoomi tried to resolve the dispute out of court but Southwest's response proved "unsatisfactory".

"We want to make sure that what happened to Mr Makhzoomi does not happen to others," said Zahra Billoo, executive director of the council's San Francisco Bay area office.

Southwest said it could not comment on active legal proceedings.

The airline has previously said its staff investigated "potentially threatening comments" made by Mr Makhzoomi. A spokesman added its crew followed proper procedure and that the "content" of Mr Makhzoomi's talk with his uncle, not the language, had prompted action.

He added: "Since that time, we have researched the event internally and also reached out to the customer.

"We regret any less than positive experience a customer has on Southwest. Southwest neither condones nor tolerates discrimination of any kind."

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Muslim man sues after being 'thrown off plane for saying inshallah'

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A Muslim student who was ejected from a Southwest Airlines plane after speaking Arabic has filed a lawsuit alleging racial discrimination. Khairuldeen Makhzoomi was "publicly humiliated", searched and interrogated for hours after being removed from the flight before take-off at Los Angeles International Airport.

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Article focuses on increasing divison between poor and rich in America. It notes how American dream is becoming American illusion and Donald Trump's reforms on tax and welfare will have serious consequences for the poorest 20% of Americans whilst benefiting the rich.

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The United States under Donald Trump is fast becoming "the champion of inequality", according to a scathing report by the United Nation's expert on poverty.

While the US is one of the richest nations, entrenched poverty already experienced by many will be made worse by policies promoted by Mr Trump and the Republicans, in particular a planned tax overhaul that critics say gives huge cuts to the wealthy, it added.

"The American dream is rapidly becoming the American illusion, as the United States now has the lowest rate of social mobility of any of the rich countries," said Philip Alston the UN Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights.

"American exceptionalism was a constant theme in my conversations. But instead of realising its founders' admirable commitments, today's United States has proved itself to be exceptional in far more problematic ways that are shockingly at odds with its immense wealth and its founding commitment to human rights."

He added: "There is no other developed country where so many voters are disenfranchised and where so few poor voters even care to go to the polls."

Mr Alston delivered his comments alongside a draft report which he made public. His final report will be available in the spring of 2018 and will be presented to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva in June of next year.

On his 15-day visit around the US, the Australian Mr Alston, a law professor at New York University, visited Los Angeles, San Francisco, Alabama, Georgia, Puerto Rico and West Virginia. He spoke to low-income families and officials.

In Alabama, he saw conditions he said he had never previously witnessed in the developed world. Taken to Butler and then Lowndes counties he was shown families whose homes had no proper sewage system and who create their own unhygienic systems using PVC piping.

While E. coli is common in both communities, which are largely made up of African Americans, academics recently discovered that hookworm, a disease associated with extreme poverty and which was thought to have been eradicated in the US more than 100 years ago, still persists in pockets of Lowndes County, located just 20 miles from the state capital, Montgomery.

"I think it's very uncommon in the first world. This is not a sight that one normally sees," Mr Alston told AL.com as he visited Alabama. "I'd have to say that I haven't seen this."

Mr Alston said statistics from the US Census Bureau in September 2017 indicated more than 40m people - more than one in eight Americans - were living in poverty. Almost half of those, 18.5m, were living in deep poverty, with reported family income below half of the poverty threshold.

He said while it was frequently assumed that poor people belonged almost entirely to minority groups, but noted there were eight million more white people than African-Americans living in poverty. "The face of poverty in America is not only black or Hispanic, but also white, Asian and many other colours," he said.

He said the tax and welfare reforms being proposed by Mr Trump and the Republican leadership in Congress, were likely to have "devastating consequences" for the poorest 20 per cent of Americans.

"The proposed tax reform package stakes out America's bid to become the most unequal society in the world," Mr Alston said.

"It will greatly increase the already high levels of wealth and income inequality between the richest one percent and the poorest 50 percent of Americans."

He added: "The dramatic cuts in welfare, foreshadowed by President Trump and Speaker Paul Ryan, and already beginning to be implemented by the administration, will essentially shred crucial dimensions of a safety net that is already full of holes."

Republicans declined to meet Mr Alston in Washington, with the office of Speaker Paul Ryan saying he was too busy. Yet independent senator Bernie Sanders seized on the envoy's findings.

He wrote on Twitter: "Our job: fight back against the reactionary Trump agenda and for a progressive agenda that works for the middle class, not the one per cent."

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Donald Trump turning US into 'world champion of extreme inequality', says UN poverty expert

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The United States under Donald Trump is fast becoming "the champion of inequality", according to a scathing report by the United Nation's expert on poverty. While the US is one of the richest nations, entrenched poverty already experienced by many will be made worse by policies promoted by Mr Trump and the Republicans, in particular a planned tax overhaul that critics say gives huge cuts to the wealthy, it added.

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The article focuses on how one Trauma Surgeon discovered a trend within the emergency department. He has discovered that trauma centres with poor performance tend to look after those who are uninsured black, and any ethnic minority patients. Better performing trauma centres tend to focus more on areas which has insured patients - therefore, more money for them. Data has
showed that black uninsured patients were 80% more likely to die, compared to white insured patients.

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This article focuses on the issue of period poverty and how some women have to choose whether to eat or buy sanitary products as they don't have enough for both. But also that school girls who don't have enough money for sanitary products miss school and therefore at a greater disadvantage

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Period poverty: Scotland poll shows women go to desperate lengths

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Nearly one in five cannot afford period products and resort to using rags and old clothes

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Article focusing on the unequal treatment of people with disabilities by the American police force, fueled by lack of training for the police officers, and lack of public awareness of the issue, which can be attributed to the almost non-existent media coverage of cases such as the ones mentioned.

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This article focuses on the inequalities found in the area where the Grenfell Tower fire occurred, Kensington & Chelsea. It looks at the gross difference between poverty, wealth, education, and life expectancy across one single borough, and how the fire was completely preventable and yet no preventative measures were taken to protect the vulnerable families that resided in this building.

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Grenfell Tower MP highlights huge social divisions in London

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Kensington and Chelsea is 'place where inequality has become a gross spectacle', says Labour's Emma Dent Coad

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Yet another example of a powerful (white) man, hardly being held accountable for his actions and the burden of proof lying on the victims. Despite allegations, he is keeping his position of power, whilst protestors are being arrested. This trial is riddled with inequalities.

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More than 300 protesters, including the comedian Amy Schumer, have been arrested at the US Capitol in Washington as they made a final, desperate appeal to senators to reject the embattled supreme court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

Demonstrators chanted, unfurled banners and staged a sit-in at a Senate office building, one day before the body was poised to take its first vote on the judge's nomination to America's highest bench.

A crucial Senate ballot on his confirmation was expected on Friday before a final vote on Saturday. His chances were boosted on Thursday when two key Republican Senators whose support is vital, Jeff Flake and Susan Collins, said they were satisfied by an FBI investigation into sexual assault allegations.

Kavanaugh, who has also faced criticism over a furious Senate appearance last week in which he claimed the allegations were "revenge on behalf of the Clintons", made a further pitch to wavering Senators with an article in the Wall Street Journal on Friday conceding he "might have been too emotional".

The scenes in Washington on Thursday were unprecedented for any supreme court nominee in recent history. Thousands of protesters, including survivors of sexual assault, gathered outside the courthouse in the US capital where Kavanaugh sits as a federal judge and walked in unison to the supreme court, where he hopes to secure a lifetime appointment.

They marched to a rallying cry: "We believe Dr Christine Blasey Ford", the university professor who has accused Kavanaugh of drunkenly and violently sexually assaulting her at a party when they were teenagers.

"It's time for women to be heard," said Karen Bralove, an alumnus of Holton-Arms, the all-girls preparatory school Ford attended in the early 1980s when she alleges Kavanaugh attempted to rape her.

"I don't know whether Brett is going to be confirmed, but women and survivors are not going to be quiet any more."

As protesters brandished signs that read "Kavanaugh lies" and "Never again" outside the steps of the supreme court, senators huddled behind closed doors in the Capitol on the other side of the street to digest the findings of an FBI investigation into the allegations against Kavanaugh. The reaction to the FBI report fell firmly along partisan lines, and the Republicans are in the majority in both houses of Congress, but those who took to the streets said they were not giving up hope.

Events on Capitol Hill moved swiftly as an array of politicians, activists and sexual assault survivors by turns grabbed a megaphone from a makeshift podium outside the supreme court. The crowd roared at the news that Sen Heidi Heitkamp, a Democrat facing a re-election battle in conservative North Dakota, had announced her opposition to Kavanaugh. Another Democrat, Joe Manchin of West Virginia, remained undecided on Thursday afternoon.

By late afternoon demonstrators marched directly to the scene of the debate. Thousands packed the atrium of the Hart Senate office building, while streams of protesters flooded each floor with chants of "Our court" and "Justice now". Many spread out banners and sat on the floor, then were put in plastic handcuffs by law enforcement and led away.

US Capitol police said 302 people were arrested. Among them was Schumer, who is involved with the Time's Up movement against sexual violence and harassment and is a distant relative of the the Senate minority leader, Chuck Schumer, and the model Emily Ratajkowski.

"Today I was arrested protesting the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh, a man who has been accused by multiple women of sexual assault," Ratajkowski wrote on Twitter. "Men who hurt women can no longer be placed in positions of power."

Although Kavanaugh's nomination was met with protests from the outset - with activists repeatedly interrupting his confirmation hearing in early September - the scenes have escalated and grown more impassioned following the allegations of sexual misconduct.

Angela Trzepkowski, a homemaker who drove from Delaware to join the protests, said: "You can't stay at home with something like this going on. Women are feeling empowered and stronger, and it's no longer going to be the good ol' white boys' club. It can't be any more."

Emotions were heightened after Ford recounted in detail what she says was Kavanaugh's attempt to rape her, in testimony before the Senate judiciary committee last week. Appearing after Ford, Kavanaugh vehemently denied the charges in a fiery speech that was also striking for its overtly partisan tone.

Bralove added: "This is so triggering for so many people." She added the fight would not end even if Kavanaugh is confirmed. "We do not do 10 days of marching and then go back to our lives, because nothing is the same any more. Nothing."

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Hundreds arrested at anti-Kavanaugh protest: 'It's time for women to be heard'

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More than 300 protesters, including the comedian Amy Schumer, have been arrested at the US Capitol in Washington as they made a final, desperate appeal to senators to reject the embattled supreme court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

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This article focuses on the fact that due to new governmental reforms, children are at a very high risk of poverty. It also states that due to cuts in tax and benefits, one and a half million under 18's will live in households below the relative poverty line by 2022.This is showing inequality because there are some people that earn enough to support their family without benefits however, most struggle without them and now they're being cut these people are suffering.

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Government welfare reforms will put 1.5 million more children in poverty and cause women to lose out by 13 times more than men, according to a new report.

An analysis by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) reveals cuts to benefits and tax credits under the Tory government will see children hardest hit, forecasting that around one and a half million more under-18s will live in households below the relative poverty line by 2022.

Women will also be disproportionately impacted by the reforms, losing about £400 per year on average, compared with an average annual loss of just £30 for men, the findings show, prompting fears that economic inequalities facing women are "only set to get worse".

Politicians and campaigners have warned the policies such as the freeze in working-age benefit rates and reductions in universal credit rates are "damag ing" the lives of vulnerable groups, and accused the Government of refusing to properly assess the impact of the changes.

The research, which analyses the impact welfare reforms between 2010 and 2018, shows households with lone parents and children are set to lose an average of £5,250 - almost one-fifth of their total net income, compared to a loss of £3,000 for couples with children. This will see the child poverty rate for those in lone parent households increase from 37 per cent to over 62 per cent.

Lone parents with the lowest household income distribution suffer the largest average losses from the reforms - equivalent to approximately 25 per cent of their net income, or one pound in every four.

Disabled people within these groups will lose out even more, with households that have at least one adult defined as "core disabled" and at least one disabled child facing losses of £6,500 per year on average from the reforms - equivalent to more than 13 per cent of their total net income.

Lone parents with six or more functional disabilities will meanwhile lose more than £11,000 on average from the reforms - more than 30 per cent of their net income, according to the analysis.

The report states that these negative impacts are largely driven by changes to the benefit system, in particular the freeze in working-age benefit rates, changes to disability benefits and reductions in universal credit rates.

It comes amid growing pressure on Theresa May to make changes to universal credit, which is being blamed for plunging people into debt and punishing the self-employed, people working part time and women - because payments go a single household earner, who is usually a man.

Research by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) in November found 400,000 more children were set to fall into poverty by 2021 if the Government pursued its planned rollout of universal credit, prompting warnings that Britain's record of reducing child poverty was at risk of "unravelling" as a result of the changes.

Child poverty is defined as any youngster living in a household with an income of less than 60 per cent of the national average, after housing costs are taken into account.

In light of its findings, the EHRC warned that "considerable work" still needed to be done to ensure that equality considerations were fully incorporated into decision making by HM Treasury, and more broadly across the UK Government.

David Isaac, chair of the commission, said it was "disappointing" to discover that the reforms it had examined "negatively affected" the most disadvantaged in society.

He added: "It's even more shocking that children - the future generation - will be the hardest hit and that so many will be condemned to start life in poverty. We cannot let this continue if we want a fairer Britain.

"We are keen to work together with government to achieve its vision of a Britain that works for everyone. To achieve this outcome it is essential that a full cumulative impact analysis is undertaken of all current and future tax and social security policies.

"We have proved it's possible and urge the Government to follow our lead and work with us to deliver it."

Dawn Butler, Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities, accused the Governme nt of refusing to properly assess polices at "eve ry stage" and subsequently "damaging" the lives of vulnerable groups.

She told The Independent: " These figures expose the true damage Tory austerity is having on women, disabled people, ethnic minorities, children and lone parents.

"If they don't want to look at the damage, maybe they will listen to the women set to lose 13 times more than men or the suggested additional 1.5 million children who will be in poverty."

Sophie Walker, leader of the Women's Equality Party, meanwhile accused ministers of "systematically forcing" the UK's most vulnerable groups into poverty "under the pretence of 'necessary medicine' for the economy".

"It is extraordinary to consider we have now arrived at the point in our broken economic model when the lives and opportunities of women and children are entirely expendable - fuel for the continued success of a small minority of privileged men while benefits and public services are slashed," she said.

Alison Garnham, chief executive of Child Poverty Action Group, said the report confirmed that the scale of the losses resulting from welfare changes was "staggering".

"The report confirms the findings of our analysis with Institute for Public Policy Research, which show that the very families already at greater risk of poverty - including lone parents (mostly mothers), families with very young children and those with a disability - are especially hard hit by a decade of cuts to the incomes of families with children," she said.

"It is a page-by-page indictment of recent decisions on social security. Unless there is a change of direction we will jeopardise the wellbeing of a future generation."

Ms Garnham said the priorities for the short term should be ending the freeze on children's benefits, restoring funding for universal credit and reinstating child allowances for third and subsequent children.

On the discrepancies in financial losses for women and men, Dr Carole Easton OBE, chief executive of the Young Women's Trust, said: "Women - and especially young women - are falling into poverty as a result of changes to taxes and social security.

"They are working hard to be financially independent but for too many the reality is insecure work, low pay and debt. Today's EHRC report shows that this is only set to get worse unless the Government takes action."

A Government spokesperson said: "Our commitment to equality and fairness has seen child poverty drop, inequality drop and female employment reach a record high.

"We spend £90bn a year on welfare to support those who need it most and this report does not take into account many of the important changes that government has introduced since 2010.

"Automatic enrolment pension saving and near-record employment are just two issues which contribute enormously to people's lives, but are not reflected in the analysis."

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One and a half million more children will fall into poverty due to Tory welfare reforms, report finds

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Government welfare reforms will put 1.5 million more children in poverty and cause women to lose out by 13 times more than men, according to a new report.

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Nadia Hammond

This article looks at the gender pay gap that still exists today and the lack of explanation. After looking at the figures and various reasons for the gap, there was still a big proportion that was unexplained and this leads us to believe that pay discrimination is still a big factor on its own.

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Observed differences between men and women in terms of age, the types of jobs they do and the companies they work for can explain only a small part of the gender pay gap, according to a new report by the Office for National Statistics.

The latest official figures show that the median hourly pay for women is 18.4 per cent lower than for men. The gap in mean hourly pay is 17.4 per cent.

A new ONS report published on Wednesday, focusing on the mean gender pay gap, finds that only a third of this gap can be explained by observed differences in the characteristics of male and female employees and the types of jobs they do. Two-thirds of the gap remains unexplained.

From April 2018, UK companies with more than 250 staff must report their mean and median gender pay gap, the difference in bonuses between men and women and the representation of men and women in each of four 25 per cent pay bands at the company. Gender pay gaps revealed through these metrics do not necessarily imply that companies are in breach of laws on equal pay for equal work. But the greater transparency has increased pressure on companies to explain why differences exist.

The latest ONS analysis uses data from a survey of companies to look at differences between men and women in the type of companies they work for, where in the country they work, what occupation they are in, how many years they have worked for their current employer and their age.

But the analysis is unable to examine the role of some factors that could help to explain why men and women in apparently similar roles are paid different amounts.

For example, it does not account for employees' work experience with previous employers. The ONS analysis shows that earnings rise less quickly for women than men as they get older. But the ONS is unable to say whether this is simply because women take more time out of work than men, which may limit their acquisition of relevant work experience, or because women receive less reward for experience than men.

"The analysis would benefit from information on family structures, education and career breaks; without these the unexplained element is over-stated," said the ONS. "As a result, the unexplained element should not be interpreted as a measure of discriminatory behaviour, though it is possible that this plays a part."

The single most important factor in explaining the gender pay gap, of those that the ONS examines, is differences in the types of occupation that men in women tend to work in.

Women are more likely, for example, to work in care and administrative roles, while men are more likely to be chief executives, managers and machine operatives. The types of jobs that women do tend to be lower-paid than the types of jobs that men do. These occupational differences account for almost a quarter of the gap between men and women's average hourly pay.

Other factors that the ONS finds to be important in helping to explain the pay gap are the fact that women work in sectors of the economy that pay less well and are more likely to work part time than men. Differences in these factors explain 3 per cent and 9 per cent of the gap, respectively.

So far fewer than 600 companies have reported their gender pay gap figures, out of 9,000 large companies that are covered by the new reporting requirements. The Financial Times has yet to publish data on its own gender pay gap.

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Two-thirds of UK gender pay gap remains 'unexplained'

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Observed differences between men and women in terms of age, the types of jobs they do and the companies they work for can explain only a small part of the gender pay gap, according to a new report by the Office for National Statistics.

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Marina Stavrou

This news headline states that females are treated unequally in the workplace as a result of their family status. It suggests that females that either are pregnant or already have children are less likely to be promoted. This shows how gender inequalities in a workforce shape gender schemas of where each gender should be placed in the social hierarchy and it helps increase stereotypical behaviors towards them.

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One in five employers admit that if a woman is pregnant or has children it impacts decisions on whether to promote them, new research suggests.

A poll by the Young Women 's Trust shows 22 per cent of bosses polled disagreed that "whether a woman is pregnant or has young children has no impact on organisational decisions regarding career progression or promotion".

The survey of senior human resources professionals, which was commissioned by YouGov with a sample size of 816, found that the same proportion said pregnancy was "frowned upon" in their organisation within the first year of employment.

Some employers were even willing to admit that women were taken less seriously in their workplace when they returned from maternity leave, although women bosses were more likely to notice this than men (17 per cent and 9 per cent respectively).

It comes after a separate study showed that 80 per cent of UK women thought gender discrimination occurred in the workplace and almost one-third considered it to be inherent.

The research by Investors in People also found that 30 per cent of all men say that claims of gender discrimination in the workplace are overestimated, compared to only 15 per cent of women.

Commenting on the latest findings, Young Women's Trust chief executive Carole Easton said: "The level of discrimination that Young Women's Trust has uncovered against young mothers who are in work or looking for jobs is shocking.

"It is in everyone's interest to help young mothers who want to work. They have a huge amount to contribute to their workplaces and many want to be financially independent and support their families.

"Tackling discrimination would benefit young mums, businesses and the economy as a whole.

"Employers should value young mums' contributions to their workplaces and do more to accommodate them, including by offering more flexible and part-time working opportunities."

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One in five employers admit that if a woman is pregnant or has children it impacts decisions on whether to promote them, new research suggests. A poll by the Young Women's Trust shows 22 per cent of bosses polled disagreed that "whether a woman is pregnant or has young children has no impact on organisational decisions regarding career progression or promotion".

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This short video shows the 3rd Women ever to win a Nobel prize in Physics (the last one was 63 years ago). She raises the discussion that you should be able to do whatever you want to do and are capable of despite your gender simply because you're doing a more typical 'Masculine' subject. She hopes for a greater representation of women in physics and removing the gender barrier.

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Donna Strickland has become the first woman in 55 years to win the Nobel Prize in Physics.

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Matt's example. White male gets lenient sentence and sympathetic news coverage (though not here)

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Brock Allen Turner, 20, was found guilty of raping 23 year old at a frat party

He was facing up to 10 years in prison but a judge handed him a six-month sentence at Santa Clara County Superior Court on Thursday

His victim confronted Turner, addressing him directly, and described the devastating impact the attack has had on her in an emotional letter

'It has forever changed the way I carry myself, the way I live the rest of my life,' she said

Turner admitted that he removed the woman's underwear, penetrated her with his hands and touched her breasts, but always denied raping her

The former U.S. Olympic trialist withdrew from the university and is barred from campus

The woman who was raped by a former Stanford University swimmer at a campus party while she was unconscious read out a powerful letter to her attacker as she came face-to-face with him in court.

Brock Allen Turner's 23-year-old victim explained in the emotional speech at Thursday's sentencing hearing how she learned she had been attacked by a stranger and the toll the trial had taken on her, as his attorneys argued that she had consented to sex.

His victim provided her full statement to BuzzFeed News.

In it she said: 'You don't know me, but you've been inside me, and that's why we're here today.

'He is a lifetime sex registrant. That doesn't expire. Just like what he did to me doesn't expire, doesn't just go away after a set number of years.

'It stays with me, it's part of my identity, it has forever changed the way I carry myself, the way I live the rest of my life,' she added.

Turner, 20, who was part of Stanford's high-powered swimming program was convicted in Santa Clara County Superior Court of three counts of sexual assault.

He had been facing a 10-year prison term but was given just six months behind bars for his crime. Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky said he weighed Turner's character, lack of criminal history and that he was remorseful in determining to bypass a heavier penalty.

His victim told BuzzFeed News she was disappointed with the 'gentle' sentence and angry Turner still denied the attack.

'Even if the sentence is light, hopefully this will wake people up,' she said.

'I want the judge to know that he ignited a tiny fire. If anything, this is a reason for all of us to speak even louder.'

In court the victim asked the judge if she could address Turner directly. She begun reading her statement by describing how she had planned to stay at home on January 17, 2015, but that her younger sister was visiting so after her father made them dinner she decided to go to the party with her sibling.

Once there she said she let her guard down and 'drank liquor too fast not factoring in that my tolerance had significantly lowered since college'.

She 'blacked out' after drinking two whiskey shots, two vodka shots.

She explains: 'The next thing I remember I was in a gurney in a hallway.

'I had dried blood and bandages on the backs of my hands and elbow.

'I thought maybe I had fallen and was in an admin office on campus.

'I was very calm and wondering where my sister was.

'A deputy explained I had been assaulted.

'I still remained calm, assured he was speaking to the wrong person. I knew no one at this party.

'When I was finally allowed to use the restroom, I pulled down the hospital pants they had given me, went to pull down my underwear, and felt nothing.

'I still remember the feeling of my hands touching my skin and grabbing nothing.

'I looked down and there was nothing. The thin piece of fabric, the only thing between my vagina and anything else, was missing and everything inside me was silenced.

'I still don't have words for that feeling. In order to keep breathing, I thought maybe the policemen used scissors to cut them off for evidence.'

She then described how she was examined and asked to sign papers that said 'Rape Victim' before being allowed to shower.

She continued: 'I stood there examining my body beneath the stream of water and decided, I don't want my body anymore. I was terrified of it, I didn't know what had been in it, if it had been contaminated, who had touched it. I wanted to take off my body like a jacket and leave it at the hospital with everything else.'

She said that she was told she was found behind a dumpster by two passing cyclists and had potentially been penetrated by a stranger.

She added: 'I (was told I) should get retested for HIV because results don't always show up immediately. But for now, I should go home and get back to my normal life.'

She said she was not ready to tell her boyfriend or her family what had happened because she did not know herself.

'I may have been raped behind a dumpster, but I don't know by who or when or how. If I told them, I would see the fear on their faces, and mine would multiply by tenfold, so instead I pretended the whole thing wasn't real.'

She went on to explain how she became isolated and shut herself off from the world, not eating or sleeping and pretending it didn't happen.

She eventually discovered what had happened to her reading the new on her phone and came across an article about how she was found unconscious.

'This was how I learned what happened to me, sitting at my desk reading the news at work. I learned what happened to me the same time everyone else in the world learned what happened to me,' she said.

'I read something that I will never forgive; I read that according to him, I liked it. I liked it. Again, I do not have words for these feelings.'

Turner had maintained that the pair went outside the Kappa Alpha House, where the party was taking place, and kissed.

He said he took off her underwear, penetrated her with his hands and touched her breasts, but never took off his pants.

According to Turner, the woman appeared to be enjoying herself as she rubbed his back.

He added that his 'intentions were not to try and rape the girl without her consent' but to 'hook up' with a girl'..

He said 'we' started 'dry humping' - rubbing against each other with their clothes on - but said he then felt sick from the seven beers and two sips of whiskey he'd drunk.

He said he stumbled away thinking he would vomit when he noticed another man near him asking what he was doing.

Turner was detained after being spotted by two cyclists, before trying to flee.

The pair managed to tackle him while a third man called the police, Santa Clara County prosecutors say.

After reading about the assault in the news she sought the support of her family and told them what happened to her.

'The night after it happened, he said he didn't know my name, said he wouldn't be able to identify my face in a lineup, didn't mention any dialogue between us, no words, only dancing and kissing,' she said.

'When the detective asked if he had planned on taking me back to his dorm, he said no. When the detective asked how we ended up behind the dumpster, he said he didn't know.

'He admitted to kissing other girls at that party, one of whom was my own sister who pushed him away. He admitted to wanting to hook up with someone.

'I was the wounded antelope of the herd, completely alone and vulnerable, physically unable to fend for myself, and he chose me.

'Sometimes I think, if I hadn't gone, then this never would've happened. But then I realized, it would have happened, just to somebody else.'

She went on to describe the impact the trial had on her and was faced with a barrage of personal questions into her private life and recalling all that she could of the night in excruciating detail.

She said Turner changed his story nearly a year after the attack saying that he had asked her for consent and she said 'yes' and that the only reason they were on the ground was because she had fallen down.

She added: 'On top of all this, he claimed that I orgasmed after one minute of digital penetration. The nurse said there had been abrasions, lacerations, and dirt in my genitalia. Was that before of after I came?'

As she concluded the letter she said Turner had done 'irreversible damage' to her and her family and thanked all those who had supported her - friends, family and strangers and the two men who saved her.

'To have known all of these people, to have felt their protection and love, is something I will never forget,' she said.

She finished by saying: 'And finally, to girls everywhere, I am with you. On nights when you feel alone, I am with you. When people doubt you or dismiss you, I am with you.'

Speaking after judge Persky handed down the six month sentence, District Attorney Jeff Rosen said in a statement on Thursday: 'The punishment does not fit the crime,'

'The predatory offender has failed to take responsibility, failed to show remorse and failed to tell the truth. The sentence does not factor in the true seriousness of this sexual assault, or the victim's ongoing trauma.'

A jury found Turner guilty of assault with intent to commit rape of an intoxicated/unconscious person, penetration of an intoxicated person, and penetration of an unconscious person.

he was also handed three years' probation but with good behavior he is expected to serve three months in county jail, The Mercury News reported.

Turner will also have to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life and complete a sex offender management program.

The sentence will do nothing to quell the feeling among many thatStanford is among a number of universities criticized for having relaxed policies on sexual assault.

A law professor at the university, Michele Landis Dauber, has urged the school to make serious changes in their policies towards sexual assault.

Only four of the 175 reported sexual assaults at Stanford between 1997 and 2009 were properly investigated.

Dauber has called the statistics 'appalling'.

Dauber said that despite some improvement by the school in investigating sexual assault cases and acting for welcoming to victims, there is still room for improvement.

The university praised the student cyclists who stepped in to help the victim.

'Several students, both graduates and undergraduates, were upstanders in this situation,' Catherine Criswell, the University's Title IX Coordinator said.

'They made the courageous decision to intervene and provide assistance. That is exactly the type of leadership and caring we attempt to cultivate in our community, and we commend those students on their courage and quick response.'

Turner voluntarily withdrew from the university shortly after being charged. After his arrest he was released on $150,000 bail.

Originally from Ohio, Turner swam for the Dayton Raiders before being recruited for Stanford and was a three-time All-American high school swimmer at Oakwood High School.

Some accomplishments include breaking the Ohio record for fastest time by a male 18 and under in the 800-meter freestyle, winning high school state titles in the 200 and 500 freestyle, and making the U.S. Junior National team.

The former first year student is not allowed to re-register for classes and is barred from setting foot on campus.

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Brock Allen Turner, 20, was found guilty of raping 23 year old at a frat party He was facing up to 10 years in prison but a judge handed him a six-month sentence at Santa Clara County Superior Court on Thursday His victim confronted Turner, addressing him directly, and described