Visa Pour l’Image – the “Cannes Film Festival” of Photojournalism

Mary F. Calvert/Zuma Press – Canon Female Photojournalist Award 2013 presented by the AFJ. The Battle Within: Sexual Assault in America's Military – Women who join the US Armed Forces are being raped and sexually assaulted by their colleagues in record numbers. An estimated 26,000 rapes and sexual assaults took place in the armed forces last year; only one in seven victims reported their attacks, and just one in ten of those cases went to trial. Many victims fear retaliation, demotion or being kicked out of the military, because they have seen it happen to others. The abuse is often considered simply a breach of conduct and not a criminal offense. The effects of Military Sexual Trauma, include depression, substance abuse, paranoia and feelings of isolation. Victims spend years drowning in shame and fear as the psychological damage silently eats away at their lives: many frequently end up addicted to drugs and alcohol, homeless or take their own lives. Here: Sergeant Jennifer Norris was 21 when she joined the US Air Force, and was drugged and raped by her recruiter at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. Nancy Parrish, President of the association “Protect Our Defenders”, is seen comforting her after she testified at the hearing of the US House Committee on Armed Services on Capitol Hill. (Photo by Mary F. Calvert/Zuma Press)
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