ISTSS Statement on Sexual Assault in the Peace Corps

Leveraging its members’ expertise in the far-reaching consequences of sexual trauma, ISTSS has provided the United States’ House Foreign Affairs Committee with five recommendations to consider in light of the recent recognition of sexual assault in the Peace Corps. These recommendations, as well as an overview of this critical issue were presented in the form of a written statement on May 11, 2011.

Download the ISTSS statement on sexual assault in the Peace Corps as a pdf document here.

View ISTSS member, Karestan Koenin, Ph.D., and others as they present a moving testimony about this issue on May 11, 2011 about the impact of rape in the Peace Corps. See the video here.