The Ultimate Forms of Occupational Injustice - Murder and Torture

 Refugees returning to countries where they face persecution and torture  (http://www.unpo.org/article/10696)

A young Afghan woman is reportedly killed by her husband because she bore a second daughter.  Read more...

"Prisoner Sara Gul, 26, changes her baby's diaper inside the women's prison in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan. Sara has been in prison for six months after running away from her home to escape her husband." Read more...

"Marianne Christiansen ..knows a lot about how the pain of torture continues long past the time it was inflicted. During a 2001 sabbatical, she volunteered for six months at the Center for Victims of Torture, a Minneapolis-based organization that provides supportive care to torture survivors from around the world...Christiansen's occupational therapy background is primarily in mental health. This helped her in her work with victims of torture, who often struggle with posttraumatic stress disorder and cognitive impairments that diminish their memory and concentration skills." Read more...

Want to learn more? Wondering how you can help? Here are some resources:

http://www.healtorture.org/

http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/orr/programs/services_survivors_torture.htm

http://www.heartlandalliance.org/kovler/

List any occupational injustices you have personally witnessed.

What did you do to influence change and prevent further injustice?