This month’s email newsletter from my Congressman, Ted Poe, mentioned that he has co-sponsored a bill known as the “Kate Puzey Peace Corps Volunteer Protection Act of 2011.”
Kate was murdered back in 2009 in the small West African country of Benin after reporting another teacher, a local Peace Corps employee, for sexually abusing students at their school. The perpetrators are in custody, but have yet to come to trial.
For insight into the sort of person she was, click Here .
The bill is designed to amend the Peace Corps Act to require sexual assault risk-reduction and response training, the development of sexual assault protocol and guidelines, the establishment of victims advocates, the establishment of a Sexual Assault Advisory Council, and for other purposes. Here is a transcript of the proposed legislation HR 2337
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