Rina Rossi

2 months ago | commons.lib.jmu.edu | Rina Rossi

Rina Rossi is a writer and master’s student in Latin American and Caribbean Studies at New York University. She hopes to join a PhD program in Atlantic History in the Fall of 2025 to study the history of reproduction and abortion in the Colonial Caribbean. Rina is the web editor of the North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA). She previously completed her BA in Political Economy and Classical Civilizations at UC Berkeley.

Aug 28, 2024 | ramonamag.com | Ramona MagazineLife |Rina Rossi

Words by Rina Rossi // photographs by Andrew White and Sam Bates In 2013, after surviving rape and spending six hours at a hospital, Harvard University undergraduate Amanda Nguyen discovered that her untested rape kit and the evidence would be destroyed after six months. The police didn’t give her a reason, but it soon became clear to Nguyen that this neglect was part of a broader disregard for women’s needs, prompting her to start non-profit, Rise.

Aug 28, 2024 | shorturl.at | Ramona MagazineLife |Rina Rossi

Words by Rina Rossi // photographs by Andrew White and Sam Bates In 2013, after surviving rape and spending six hours at a hospital, Harvard University undergraduate Amanda Nguyen discovered that her untested rape kit and the evidence would be destroyed after six months. The police didn’t give her a reason, but it soon became clear to Nguyen that this neglect was part of a broader disregard for women’s needs, prompting her to start non-profit, Rise.

Jan 23, 2024 | jpinyu.com | Rina Rossi

Following years of deliberation and protest, Brazil could be looking at a new development on its road to reproductive justice due to the Arguição de Descumprimento de Preceito Fundamental 442, or the ADPF 442 case. According to articles 124 and 126 of its Penal Code, which dates back to 1940, pregnant individuals in Brazil currently face the risk of detention for getting an abortion unless in cases of statutory rape or when the life of the pregnant individual is endangered.

Sep 25, 2023 | thenation.com | Rina Rossi |Sascha Cohen |Barry Schwabsky |Chris Lehmann

Activism / StudentNation / A student group at the University of California conducted a study of Title IX services, revealing sharp disparities on campus. “We thought if we did a survey then they would have to listen to us.”Ad PolicyIn November 2020, Survivors + Allies, a group of University of California students that advocates for and with survivors of sexual violence, met with the Systemwide Title IX office.