Author Archives: Winnie M. Li (Alumna, 2001, University College Cork)

On Sexual Assault — Replacing Shame and Silence with Understanding and Community

On April 12, 2008, while visiting Belfast for the US-Ireland Alliance’s commemoration marking the 10th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, I was raped by a 15-year old stranger in Colin Glen Forest Park, off the Falls Road.  Ever since … Continue reading

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Advancing the Public Debate on Sexual Assault – from a Survivor

This week, The Huffington Post ran my article on sexual assault, written in response to an anonymous op-ed by a Harvard undergraduate, which recently enraged many people. I felt that as a Harvard alumna and an “out” survivor of a … Continue reading

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