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Prof. Karestan Koenen Ph.D.


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Third-Party Descriptions

May 2011: "Still [other raped Peace Corps volunteers] say they are given inadequate information about counseling. Karestan Koenen, who sought therapy on her own and is now a psychologist who teaches at Columbia and Harvard, said she was shocked to discover that women today were confronting the same difficulties as she did when she was raped in 1991 in Niger."

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/11/us/11corps.html

Relationships

RoleNameTypeLast Updated
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Columbia University Organization May 11, 2011
Employee/Freelancer/Contractor (past or present) Harvard School of Public Health Organization May 11, 2011
Member of (past or present) Peace Corps Organization May 11, 2011

Articles and Resources

Date Fairness.com Resource Read it at:
May 10, 2011 Peace Corps Volunteers Speak Out on Rape

QUOTE: a growing group of former Peace Corps volunteers who are speaking out about their sexual assaults, prompting scrutiny from Congress and a pledge from the agency for reform....from 2000 to 2009, on average, 22 Peace Corps women each year reported being the victims of rape or attempted rape...

 New York Times