The blog about Social Issues
Here’s something we got via an Email Tip: The group, Mother’s of Lost Children will hold a silent vigil in front of the Whitehouse on Mother’s Day. From their press release:
MOTHERS OF LOST CHILDREN TO GATHER FOR
WHITE HOUSE VIGIL ON MOTHERS DAY
12 Noon Press Conference with Grieving Moms from Across America
Mothers from [...]
Via Truthout.org, we found an interesting article that looks at how far we have evolved on the issue of gender discrimination in our courts.
When Legal Momentum, a U.S. advocacy group that works with all aspects of gender in the legal system, started its National Judicial Education Programme in 1980, gender discrimination [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Encouraging news via The New York Times:
The Obama administration has opened the way for foreign women who are victims of severe domestic beatings and sexual abuse to receive asylum in the United States. The action reverses a Bush administration stance in a protracted and passionate legal battle over the possibilities for battered women to [...]
Here’s a report from the Boston Globe on the growing problem of homelessness amongst female veterans:
As more women serve in combat zones, the share of female veterans who end up homeless, while still relatively small at an estimated 6,500, has nearly doubled over the last decade, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs
Lynn Rosenthal has been appointed as the new White House Advisor on Violence Against Women:
From the office announment:
Washington, DC – Vice President Biden, the author of the landmark Violence Against Women Act, announced today the appointment of Lynn Rosenthal as the new White House Advisor on Violence Against Women. Ms. Rosenthal is one of the [...]
From a new report from the Academy on Violence and Abuse:
Violence and abuse leads to as much as a 250 percent increase in healthcare utilization in adults who’ve been victimized at some time in their lives, resulting in increased healthcare expenditures of up to $750 billion annually or 37.5 percent of all healthcare [...]
Here’s a report about an interesting study related to physical abuse and health costs.
Women experiencing physical abuse from intimate partners spent 42 percent more on health care per year than non-abused women, according to a long-term study of more than 3,000 women.
And the costs don’t end when the abuse does. The study [...]
