Open Position Announcement: Chief Advancement Officer Location: Remote | Travel Required About BWJP Founded in 1993, the Battered Women’s Justice Project (BWJP) is the national leader at the intersection of intimate partner violence and legal systems. BWJP is recognized for advancing bold solutions that center domestic violence survivors, strengthening justice…
#BWJP Announcements #Careers #Gender Based Violence #NewsRosie Hidalgo is serving as the Co-Director of the MOSAIC Initiative as a Senior Consultant at BWJP’s National Center on Reimagining Coordinated Community Response. She is also a Visiting Senior Research Scholar in the Human Rights Program of the University of Miami School of Law. Rosie previously served as the…
#BWJP Announcements #Children and Teens #NewsAs an executive and policy advisor in government and nonprofit sectors, Lynn Rosenthal has worked on gender equity and gender-based violence prevention for three decades. Arriving to the field from a grassroots background, Lynn has served in community-based women’s health centers, domestic violence shelters, and state domestic violence coalitions. As…
#BWJP Announcements #Children and Teens #NewsBy Rachel Elizabeth Barkley, JD MBA R&B artist Casandra Ventura, who is known professionally as Cassie, took the stand in the federal trial of Sean “P. Diddy” Combs on May 13th. As the prosecution’s star witness, Cassie’s testimony provided a foundation for establishing the government’s charges of sex-trafficking and racketeering…
#Gender Based Violence #NewsCheryl has worked with partners around the world to promote women’s human rights and achieve systemic and legal reform to end violence against women and girls since 1993. She has participated in the drafting of laws on violence against women and girls and led training to enforce such laws in…
#BWJP Announcements #Children and Teens #NewsA Powerful New Chapter: Global Rights for Women Joins Forces with the Battered Women’s Justice Project We are thrilled to share exciting news with you: Global Rights for Women (GRW) has merged with the Battered Women’s Justice Project (BWJP) to form a new BWJP Center, the Center on Global Rights…
#BWJP Announcements #Gender Based Violence #NewsGlobal Rights for Women and Battered Women’s Justice Project Merger Announcement Contact: BWJP Communications, communications@bwjp.org Cheryl Thomas, Executive Director, Global Rights for Women, cthomas@grwomen.org MINNEAPOLIS, MN—Global Rights for Women (GRW) has officially merged with the Battered Women’s Justice Project (BWJP), becoming the Center on Global Rights for Women—the latest specialized…
#BWJP Announcements #Gender Based Violence #NewsBy Kaitlyn Baker, Intern, National Legal Center on Children and Domestic Violence When the justice system fails to protect its most vulnerable, the effects are tragic. On June 2, 2025, the bodies of three young sisters-Paityn, Evelyn, and Olivia Decker-were discovered, murdered, in a Washington campground. Paityn was 9 years…
#Children and Teens #Gender Based Violence #NewsI’m a Michigander through and through, I’ve lived in other places but there’s no place like home. I received my law degree and doctoral degree from Michigan State University, GO GREEN, GO WHITE, where I studied family dynamics, race and ethnicity, and law and society. Prior to coming to BWJP,…
#BWJP Announcements #Children and Teens #NewsRosario de la Torre, a proud Latina from Mexico City, came to the United States in 1986 with her parents and siblings to attended school and learn English, with the idea of returning one day. For the last 30 years Rosario has been devoted to support survivors in the areas…
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