Defense Department civilian workers and contractors stationed overseas can once again undergo rape kit exams at U.S. military ...

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration cancelled a major contract to supply emergency kits for rape survivors in Congo ...

STORY: Medical kits like this can be life-saving for survivors of rape.But in Democratic Republic of Congo, where violence ...

The emergency kits include medication to prevent HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, as well as unwanted ...

A woman who previously worked with Newsboys alleges she was drugged by Michael Tait, who watched as she was raped.

The Legislature has set aside $180,000 for purchasing, storing, and distributing sexual-assault kits. These are packages of items used to collect evidence after an attack with the contents sent to a ...

In the 1970s, the rape kit began as a simple box with some envelopes, a comb, nail clippers, and a few other basic tools. The contents of the kit have evolved somewhat since then, but the technology ...

The kit starts conversations, helps people recognise the signs and understand the reality of rape. This means they are better able to deal with it and respond, should the unthinkable happen.” ...

Kennedy’s propulsive new book, The Secret History of the Rape Kit: A True Crime Story, explores Goddard’s history-making invention and investigates her mysterious disappearance. n the 1970s, most of ...

In 1975, a rape victims’ advocate named Linda Reinshagen shared a story with a reporter from the Chicago Tribune. A man on the South Side had pulled a woman into an alley where he raped and ...

So I just learned so much more about the story itself, and then also that even the rape kit that I learned that the Chicago kit was not the first. There were little experiments here and there. Q.