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BWJP Project and Staff Featured in Mitchell Hamline Publication

The Dispute Resolution Institute (DRI) featured the work of BWJP’s National Child Custody Project as an innovative approach to mediation…

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DV Evidence Online Resource Center Launched

The DV Evidence Project online resource center houses a comprehensive evidence review of key services to adult victims, profiles of…

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National Baseline Assessment of Shelters on Serving Transgender Survivors

FORGE is seeking responses from a wide range of agencies who provide emergency shelter and temporary or transitional housing to…

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Department of Justice Allocates $38 Million to Untested Rape Kits

“Testing rape kits sends a fundamental and crucial message to victims of sexual violence,” said Maile M. Zambuto, CEO of…

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New Website Promotes Enforcement of Firearms Restrictions in Domestic Violence Cases

The website Safer Families, Safer Communities (www.preventdvgunviolence.org), will be managed by BWJP’s new National Domestic Violence and Firearms Resource Center, funded by the…

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BWJP Seeks Project Director, National Center on Domestic Violence & Firearms

Organization The Battered Women's Justice Project (BWJP) is a national resource center on the civil and criminal justice system response…

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Joyful Heart Foundation Applauds $38 Million Awarded to Rape Kit Reform

“We are grateful to President Obama, Vice President Biden, and the congressional leaders who continue to make ending the rape…

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He’s going to kill me’: Police indifference to a woman stalked

On a warm Saturday night in July, about 50 graduates of Chisholm High’s class of ’96 gathered at Valentini’s Supper…

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National Census of Victim Service Providers

RAND, the National Center for Victims of Crime, and survey firm NORC are conducting the NCVSP, a census of victim…

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More than 1,600 Women Murdered by Men in One Year, New Study Finds

More than 1,600 women were murdered by men in 2014 and the most common weapon used was a gun, according…

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