Here’s an excellent resource from the National Network to End Domestic Violence for information about states and their response to domestic violence.
Posts under ‘Domestic Violence’
“The Link” Animal Abuse and Domestic Violence
Here’s an interesting article we found on the Care2.com website about the state of New Mexico recognizing the realtionship between animal abuse and domestic violence:
Referred to as “The Link,” groups are now trying to understand and call attention to the relationship between abusing animals and violence in homes in hopes that these efforts will create [...]
Dating Violence: Whose Problem?
With February being Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month, we wanted to highlight this piece about Dating Violence by Laura Sessions Stepp
on the sexreally.com website:
Confronting Dating Violence, reminds us: The incidence of assaults on intimate partners is rarely taken as seriously as it should be. And despite various educational campaigns encouraging witnesses to intervene, [...]
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 [...]
Scottish Study: Children Say Violence Against Women Justiified
From the BBC, comes the disheartening results from a study of school children in Scotland:
A study of schoolchildren has found that most of those questioned thought violence towards women was acceptable if there was a reason behind it.
The majority of the pupils said it was justified if the woman had an affair, or if she [...]
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 I’ve walked into [...]
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 just youth but their [...]
Coerced Prgenancy
Power and control takes many forms. Newsweek has an eye opening story about abusive males using emotional and physical to pressure their female partners to get pregnant.
Overall, rates of reproductive coercion among family-planning-clinic patients are suprisingly high: about one in five women report their partner having attempted to coerce them into pregnancy. [...]
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 the [...]
DOJ Approves Georgia’s “Vote Safe Program”
The U.S. Department of Justice has just approved Georgia’s “VoteSafe” program. This program shields the addresses of voters who reside in domestic violence shelters, and who have restraining orders or protective orders. “Votesafe” was originally sponsored by Georgia Representative Katie Dempsey.
Via the Examiner.com
