The Buzz: When it Comes to Sexual Violence, Silence is the Enemy

Though Liberia's 14-year civil war ended in 2003, wartime effects are still evident in the country's horrific incidence of sexual violence; between January and April of this year, Doctors Without Borders treated over 275 new cases of sexual abuse in Liberia, 61% involving children under the age of 12. During the month of June, ScienceBlogger Isis the Scientist, in collaboration with Sheril Kirshenbaum of The Intersection, will lead a fund-raising and awareness campaign against the rape and abuse of girls in Liberia, titled Silence is the Enemy. Earnings from several ScienceBloggers' blogs—including Aetiology, Neurotopia, DrugMonkey and Isis's own blog—will go to Doctors Without Borders this month, so contributing is as easy as giving them your pageviews.

• Silence is the Enemy

  on On Becoming a Domestic and Laboratory Goddess

• Silence is the enemy on Aetiology
• In which Sci gets Active: Silence is the Enemy on Neurotopia
• Silence is the Enemy on DrugMonkey
• SILENCE IS THE ENEMY on A Blog Around the Clock
• A rape in progress on Greg Laden's Blog
• Silence is the Enemy on Bioephemera
• Silence is the Enemy: Rape in Africa on Dispatches from the Culture Wars
• Stepping away from silence. on Adventures in Ethics and Science
• Silence is the Enemy: But What is Wrong With Those Men!? on Aardvarchaeology
• Silence is the Enemy: Focusing on reducing sexual violence on Sciencewomen
• Silence is the Enemy. on The Questionable Authority
• Science is the Enemy on Thus Spake Zuska