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Update: French Law Against Emotional Abuse
Heres’s an an update of a previous story, France: Move to Make Emotional Abuse a Crime. From The New York Times: France’s National Assembly approved Thursday night a proposal to add “psychological violence” to a law intended to help victims of physical violence and abuse, despite doubts that the law is specific enough to have [...]
Senate Still Has Yet to Confirm VAWA Director
Found via the Feminist Daily News: Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) reprimanded her colleagues in a floor speech Thursday for their two-month-long hold on the confirmation of Judge Susan Carbon as the Director of the Department of Justice’s Office of Violence Against Women (OVW). President Barack Obama first nominated Carbon to be director of the OVW [...]
New Study: Child Abuse Decline in U.S.
We found this encouraging story at Alternet Finally some good news for a change! According to a congressionally mandated study, child abuse has significantly declined since the early 1990s. How much of a decline are we looking at? Physical, sexual and emotional abuse combined dropped 26 percent between 1993 and 2006, and when you look [...]
White House and Fighting Violence Against Women
From the Whiie House Blog: The White House’s Commitment to Combating Violence Against Women Lynn Rosenthal, February 2, 2010 For six months now, I have held the first-ever White House position dedicated to combating violence and sexual assault against women and continuing the important work of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). Every morning when [...]
Michelle Obama and Childhood Obesity
Found via Care2.com: First lady Michelle Obama talks about the growing problem of childhood Obesity in the United States. “Medical experts have warned that our children are on track to be less healthy than we are.” – First Lady Michelle Obama We should be ashamed of that fact. Michelle Obama is leading the charge against [...]
February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month!
From the Teen Dating Violence Awareness Website: Teen Dating Violence Prevention Project February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month! Explore these pages to learn what you can do to celebrate. The Purpose of Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month The repercussions of teen dating violence are impossible to ignore – the issue affects not [...]
Disaster and the Plight of Haitian Women
We found this interesting article on Huffington Post about Haitian Women and the recent earthquake. Violence against women is an unaddressed catastrophe in Haiti. Kay Fanm, a Haitian women’s rights organization, estimates that 72% of Haitian girls surveyed have been raped and at least 40% of women are victims of domestic violence. Human trafficking and [...]
France: Move to Make Emotional Abuse a Crime
Here’s an interesting development we found via Time Magazine: In the coming weeks, however, conservative legislators are expected to introduce a bill that would outlaw “conjugal abuse of a psychological nature” in both married and unmarried relationships. Backed by President Nicolas Sarkozy’s ruling party, which increases its chances of passing, the legislation seeks to target [...]
STIs Increasing in Urban Teens
Here’s a report we found on the National Partnership for Women and Families website. Half of female urban teens ages 14 through 17 contracted chlamydia, gonorrhea or trichomoniasis within two years of having sex for the first time, according to a new study published in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Reuters reports. Researchers [...]
