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This is Lindsay Smith Rogers. Today, our topic is sexual violence as a weapon of war,

with a focus on reports about the Hamas attacks of October 7th in Israel.

Professor Nancy Glass of the Johns Hopkins

School of Nursing has studied the trauma of violence against women and girls in conflict in countries

around the world. She speaks with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about the themes that have emerged in this work

and how they inform her reaction to reports from Israel.

This podcast was recorded several weeks ago.

Earlier this week, the United Nations announced it was sending a team to Israel to investigate reports.

Please note that this is a difficult conversation that discusses sexual violence, including rape.

And please listen with care.

Professor Nancy Glass, thank you so much for joining me today in Public Health on call to talk about a very difficult and important topic, which is sexual violence as a weapon of war.

Would you be able to start by introducing yourself to our audience?

Yes, thank you for having me, Josh.

I'm Nancy Glass.

I'm a professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing with appointments at the School of Public

Health and School of Medicine.

My area of research and clinical practice is the prevention and response to violence against women and girls

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