Tag Archives: Domestic violence
Women’s Law Project Releases Through the Lens of Equality: Eliminating Sex Bias to Improve the Health of Pennsylvania’s Women
The Women’s Law Project (WLP) released today a major report, Through the Lens of Equality: Eliminating Sex Bias to Improve the Health of Pennsylvania’s Women, linking sex bias to adverse health outcomes in women. The release of this report coincides … Continue reading
Urge Your Representative in Congress to Oppose H.R. 4970 to Protect the Safety of Domestic and Sexual Violence Victims
As Congress debates the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), domestic and sexual violence victims are in danger of losing important protections under the law. Unlike previous reauthorizations of VAWA, a law originally passed in 1994 and reauthorized … Continue reading
Monica Henry: Women and Girls Still Bear Brunt of Domestic Violence
Recently, Caryl Rivers and Rosalind C. Barnett wrote a guest post for WeNews which cited Mary Straus’s research findings that women and men tend to instigate violence in roughly an equal number of domestic violence instances. Monica Henry, who holds … Continue reading
Increasing Number of Homeless Women Veterans
The number of women veterans who become homeless after returning to civilian life is on the rise. This increasing rate of homelessness among women veterans is due to many factors that affect all genders who have served in the military … Continue reading
Scary News: PA ranks 13th in Nation for Rate at which Men Kill Women
It was just in time for Halloween when PennLive brought us some terrifying news about domestic violence homicide rates in Pennsylvania. Based on data collected in 2009, the rate of man-on-woman homicide in Pennsylvania is higher than it has been … Continue reading
Topeka, Kansas Decriminalizes Domestic Violence
Amid a dispute between three arms of government over which would be responsible for paying for the prosecutions of those accused of a misdemeanor case of domestic violence, the city of Topeka, Kansas has decriminalized it. The city commissioners believed … Continue reading
ACLU: “Ending Domestic Violence Requires Holding Police Accountable”
On July 20th, the American Civil Liberties Union joined the New York City Bar Association, the New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence, and other groups in submitting an amicus brief in support of a domestic abuse survivor who was … Continue reading
Filed under Domestic violence, Family Violence, Violence Against Women
NY Act Would Help Jailed Domestic Violence Survivors
The Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act (DVSJA) proposed by New York State Senator Ruth Hassell-Thompson and Assemblyman Jeffrion Aubry, if passed, would “allow [New York] courts to take DV into consideration when determining sentencing; authorize judges to sentence survivors to … Continue reading
Filed under Domestic violence, Women in prisons
Cyberstalking: A Growing Problem
We have written before about cyberstalking, the disturbing use of technology by stalkers. WeNews reports that “stories like these [involving cyberstalking] are becoming more common.” While cyberstalking affects both women and men, women are disproportionately targets. According to a National … Continue reading
Filed under Domestic violence, Government, Stalking
PA House Budget Cuts Domestic Violence Program Funding by Over $1 Million
Earlier this month, Pennsylvania House members – mostly Republican – voted for burdensome, expensive new regulations for abortion providers, citing their concern for women’s health and safety as their only motive. Last week, they approved the House Republican version of … Continue reading
Filed under Domestic violence, PA Legislature, Pennsylvania, Women's health
