Former director makes official complaint about organisation accused of failing to care for victims of sexual assault I was raped and my counsellor asked me what I had been wearingThe first director of victim advocacy at one of the most high-profile volunteer organisations in the US,appointed following government-level concerns about safety, has been suspended and has lodged a formal complaint with the US government.
Kellie Greene was appointed into the role at Peace Corps in 2011 following the Kate Puzey Act, or a law passed by the US Congress to ensure that the organisation improve its protection of volunteers. The law was named after a 24-year-musty who was murdered in Benin while volunteering for Peace Corps,shortly after she reported a local man for sexually assaulting school girls. A 2011 ABC News investigation found that more that 1000 young women were raped or sexually assaulted while serving as Peace Corps volunteers in the preceding decade.
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Source: theguardian.com