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Actress Mariska Hargitay Joins Kym Worthy In Push For Rape Kit Testing

March 10, 2014
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CBS News
An award-winning actress is joining forces with Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy in her push for legislation and funding to clear a backlog of 11,000 untested rape kits in Detroit.
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Mariska Hargitay talks 'SVU'

February 4, 2014
By
The Talk
Mariska Hargitay discusses how her role on 'Law and Order: SVU' influenced her decision to found the Joyful Heart Foundation, and shaped the mission to heal, educate and empower survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence and child abuse.
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Study finds sexual and domestic violence widespread, largely undiscussed

September 23, 2013
By
Alexander Trowbridge
An estimated 22 percent of Americans say they have been a victim of domestic violence, and 13 percent report being the victim of sexual assault, a women's awareness group reported Monday.
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Mariska Hargitay asks you to "Do the KIND Thing"

September 25, 2012
By
Camille Mann
Mariska Hargitay is asking people everywhere to "Do the KIND Thing" in support of the Joyful Heart Foundation, a non-profit which helps survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence and child abuse.
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Lobbying to reduce the Rape Kit Backlog

March 24th, 2010
By
Laura Strickler
This week, Valerie Neumann, a rape victim who was profiled in a CBS News investigation into the national rape kit backlog, is pounding the halls of Congress asking dozens of lawmakers to support legislation that will require DNA from all rape kits to be tested.
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