I remember this being the theme music to the Peace Corps. back in the day. Trying to get us dumbasses to join. What they don't tell ya is how many women are assaulted sexually and killed in the countries that you pay your own way to... :)
The Peace Corps is a wonderful organization and I have had the priviledge of meeting quite a few former members. Here is the 2009 Peace Corps report on crime (Official): "Of the more serious crimes reported, 15 rapes/attempted rapes, 2 kidnappings and 1 death by homicide. From 2008 to 2009, the number and rate of rapes/attempted rapes decrease noticeably, a deviation from the previous nine years in which the rate remained essentially unchanged. Major sexual assaults increased for the second year, although the rate is still lower than the peak in 2001. The rate of other sexual assaults decreased slightly,...
The Peace Corps is a wonderful organization and I have had the priviledge of meeting quite a few former members. Here is the 2009 Peace Corps report on crime (Official): "Of the more serious crimes reported, 15 rapes/attempted rapes, 2 kidnappings and 1 death by homicide. From 2008 to 2009, the number and rate of rapes/attempted rapes decrease noticeably, a deviation from the previous nine years in which the rate remained essentially unchanged. Major sexual assaults increased for the second year, although the rate is still lower than the peak in 2001. The rate of other sexual assaults decreased slightly, though not enough to reverse the steady but gradual increase seen since 2000. Incidents of rape in 2009 were 0.35% (“Rape” in the Peace Crops is defined as involving the mouth on body parts.) Major sexual assaults in 2009 were 1.75%." According to the stats, the majority of sexual crimes took place in the victim's residence and when alcohol was involved (probably similar to what occurs in the states, where the rates of rape/sexual assault are much higher!) Therefore, it is essentially safer to be a woman working in the Peace Corps than it is to be a woman living in any U.S. state.
I remember this being the theme music to the Peace Corps. back in the day. Trying to get us dumbasses to join. What they don't tell ya is how many women are assaulted sexually and killed in the countries that you pay your own way to... :)
The Peace Corps is a wonderful organization and I have had the priviledge of meeting quite a few former members. Here is the 2009 Peace Corps report on crime (Official): "Of the more serious crimes reported, 15 rapes/attempted rapes, 2 kidnappings and 1 death by homicide. From 2008 to 2009, the number and rate of rapes/attempted rapes decrease noticeably, a deviation from the previous nine years in which the rate remained essentially unchanged. Major sexual assaults increased for the second year, although the rate is still lower than the peak in 2001. The rate of other sexual assaults decreased slightly,...
The Peace Corps is a wonderful organization and I have had the priviledge of meeting quite a few former members. Here is the 2009 Peace Corps report on crime (Official): "Of the more serious crimes reported, 15 rapes/attempted rapes, 2 kidnappings and 1 death by homicide. From 2008 to 2009, the number and rate of rapes/attempted rapes decrease noticeably, a deviation from the previous nine years in which the rate remained essentially unchanged. Major sexual assaults increased for the second year, although the rate is still lower than the peak in 2001. The rate of other sexual assaults decreased slightly, though not enough to reverse the steady but gradual increase seen since 2000. Incidents of rape in 2009 were 0.35% (“Rape” in the Peace Crops is defined as involving the mouth on body parts.) Major sexual assaults in 2009 were 1.75%." According to the stats, the majority of sexual crimes took place in the victim's residence and when alcohol was involved (probably similar to what occurs in the states, where the rates of rape/sexual assault are much higher!) Therefore, it is essentially safer to be a woman working in the Peace Corps than it is to be a woman living in any U.S. state.