Here’s an interesting story we found at Womensenews. This issue seems especially relevant as we continue to endure tough economic times. Congresswomam Loretta Sanchez (D) California recently gave a briefing on Capitol Hill about the issue of Economic Abuse. From the original story: Economic abuse through domestic violence that results in the loss of a [...]
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War Deployment Takes Toll on Military Children
From today’s New York Times, an article from a report by the RAND Corporation about how milirary deployment effects children: …Children in military families were more likely to report anxiety than children in the general population. The researchers also found that the longer a parent had been deployed in the previous three years, the more [...]
Today is World AIDS Day
World AIDS Day is held on December 1st of every year as an international day to raise awareness about HIV and AIDS.
Bystander Helps Save a Child From Abuse
Here’s a “good news” story we found at OregonLive.com: Fourteen-year-old Nichelle McKinney couldn’t believe her eyes. She and a friend had just stepped into the darkened Avalon Theatre in Southeast Portland on Feb. 14 when she saw a man in the back row touching a 6-year-old girl who was on his lap. “I thought I [...]
STD Funding Shrinks
Yesterday, we had a post about the latest report by the Centers for Disease Control about the prevalence of STDs in the United States. On RHrealtiycheck.org, we found an interesting commentary by Dr. Will Wong, a board member of National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD). Dr. Wong discusses how funding for STD prevention and treatment [...]
New STD Report: Young Women Most Vulnerable
A new report from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) looks at the rising rates of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) in the United States. While the report shows there are approximately 19 million new STD infections each year, the highest risk group for contracting STDs are young women between the ages of 15 and 24: [...]
Reducing Tribal Violence
Attorney General Eric Holder recently spoke at the Tribal Nations Listening Session on Public Safety and Law Enforcement, a conference sponsored by the Department of Justice in St. Paul, Minnesota. He talked about some new initiatives the DOJ will undertake to help reduce violence on native lands. From the Star Tribune: Holder announced the distribution [...]
Challenges for Children of Hispanic Immigrants
A new study from the University of California, Berkeley examines the growing disparity between the children of Hispanic Immigrants and their American counterparts and demonstrates the importance of early childhood education. From today’s New York Times By and large, mothers from Latin American countries take care of their health during their pregnancies and give birth [...]
Today is World Contraception Day
From a email we received: About World Contraception Day World Contraception Day (WCD) is an international awareness campaign for teenagers. Its long-term goal is to make the public more aware of the topic of contraception. The annual WCD significantly helps educate teens on contraception and sexuality, but also all respective health questions. Every year, countries [...]
Early Childhood Education Gets a Boost
Found via The New York Times: There’s news of the Early Learning Challenge Fund, a new initiative that would send $8 billion dollars over an eight year period to states who improve their programs for early childhood education. This new initiative is part of the higher education funding bill that recently passed through the House [...]
