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["Ben Atherton-Zeman - Feminist, Actor and Husband" <>]

A colleague sends this request - please help her if you can.  See below.  
Thanks!  

Until the violence stops, Ben.  

Ben Atherton-Zeman, Acton MA USA
Actor, Comedian, Feminist and Husband
Presenting a One-Man Play: "Voices of Men," www.voicesofmen.org (video clips 
take a second to load)
Booking information: 978-263-3254

June 2006 quote: "We must begin to understand not only that there is an 
urgent need to change the world but that we have the power to do so."
- Jon Cohen, 1963-2003.  www.apassionforchange.blogspot.com

As Information & Resource Worker for Rape Crisis Scotland, I put 
together our quarterly publication Rape Crisis News. Our August 
issue will be looking at rape in an international context, and I 
hope to bring together many views and experiences from a range of 
different countries and the perspectives of individuals, rape crisis 
centres and other support agencies working within them. If you would 
like to contribute to this, I'd love to hear from you.

The length of the piece would be entirely up to you, though I would 
really need to receive it by no later than 21st July. The subject 
and direction of your piece would also be entirely your own decision 
but could include information and views on:

Scale of the problem in your country/state, including any 
statistical information 

Societal attitudes within your country/state to sexual violence & 
any factors relating to this that are peculiar to it 

Support agencies to help survivors of rape & sexual assault - how 
many/where are these/ how are they organized/funded? Are they run 
entirely by volunteers or by paid workers or a combination of these?

Do they support men as well as women? Where are the gaps in service 
that need to be filled? 

Background information on your organisation - what kind of support 
do you offer (if you do offer support) 

Do you undertake any outreach or educational/research activities or 
other projects?

What kind of support (financial/practical etc) do you get for this?

What kind of problems/resistance have you encountered? 

Events you know of/have organized/taken part in?

Materials you use and messages you are trying to convey 

Advice you would give to workers in other countries who might be 
thinking of beginning similar work 

These are just meant to be suggestions - not at all prescriptive - 
you will know what best to include and what is most relevant to your 
own situation and experience. 

If you are interested in writing a piece for this issue, please get 
in touch with me off-list at 


Many thanks,

Eileen