Advocates Have High Hopes for DV Hotline for Native Women
Rape and domestic violence against Native women have reached “epidemic proportions,” but the hotlines that could help are often unprepared…
TAGS:Domestic Violence Often Omitted from Sentencing Reforms
On March 8, the Iowa House of Representatives passed a bill setting new mandatory minimum sentences in domestic violence cases.…
TAGS:Office on Violence Against Women Announces New Program to Support Tribal Governments
This new program was authorized in the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (VAWA 2013) and received its first…
TAGS:School crime rates down in most every category — except sex crimes at colleges
Postsecondary institutions reported a 34 percent decline in crimes between 2001 and 2013, with decreases in every category except forcible…
TAGS:Sexual Assault Ruling in Oklahoma Spurs Calls to Change State Laws
Outraged activists and prosecutors in Oklahoma called for changes to a state law on forced oral sex after a court…
TAGS:Reentry Resources Available
The National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women has compiled a number of resource listings about survivors as they reenter…
TAGS:At Brigham Young, a Cost in Reporting a Rape
Before she could move into a dormitory at Brigham Young University or sign up for freshman classes, Brooke had to…
TAGS:Remembering Jen Wright
Jen Wright It’s so painful to lose colleagues and friends. We lost Jen Wright on March 16th to cancer; she…
TAGS:Federal Study Increases Understanding of Homeless Youth
The first-of-its-kind study, funded by ACF’s Family & Youth Services Bureau and conducted by researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln,…
TAGS: #Children and TeensObama Designates New Women’s Equality Memorial
Obama created the Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument with a presidential proclamation, honoring both Alva Belmont, the National Woman's Party…
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