Here’s an interesting article we found on Huffington Post by Tom Perrelli, Associate Attorney General of the United States. He talks about the important role colleges and Universities play in helping end Sexual Assault.
September 2009 marked the 15 year anniversary of President Bill Clinton signing the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) into law. [...]
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Department of Justice: Colleges Part of the Solution to End Sexual Assault
“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 [...]
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 [...]
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
VAWA Funding News
Here’s some encouraging news we found via BRAVENET about the U.S. Senate’s funding of for the Violence Against Women Act:
Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Subcommittee Chairwoman, Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) today announced a critical step forward in putting $418.5 million in funding for programs administered by the Department of Justice’s Violence Against Women Office in [...]
Action Alert: Urge Senators to Support Increased Funding for Domestic Violence Services
Here’s a message we received in our Inbox:
Hello Stop Family Violence Activists!
Here’s an important action alert from our colleagues at National Network to End Domestic Violence
Urge Key Senators to Support Increased Funding for Domestic Violence Services!
Congress is finalizing the funding bills for fiscal year 2010. The U.S. House of Representatives and Senate have passed separate [...]
Update: Domestic Violence Pre-existing Condition
Here’s an update to an earlier post we did about insurance companies discriminating against domestic violence survivors. The health care reform bill that recently passed in the U.S. House of Representatives has a clause that prohibits this type of discrimination.
We also found an interesting blog post at Womenstake.org about people are taking [...]
New Report: Child Abuse and Neglect Deaths on the Rise
According to a new report by the Every Child Matters Education Fund, every day five children die from Abuse and Neglect in the United States.
Here are some of the findings:
Child deaths attributed to abuse or neglect vary significantly by state.
Kentucky had the highest rate of death due to child abuse and neglect in 2007 [...]
VAWA 15 Year Anniversary
From the National Domestic Violence Hotline News:
Women’s groups, including National Domestic Violence Hotline CEO Sheryl Cates, gathered at Vice President Joe Biden’s home Tuesday night to toast the 15th anniversary of landmark legislation aimed at eliminating violence against women.
“You’ve helped so many women step out of the darkness. You’ve helped so many young girls expect [...]
