No One is a Stereotype: How Survivors Inspire Each Other

http://www.ndvh.org/2009/10/no-one-is-a-stereotype-how-survivors-inspire-each-other/
National Domestic Violence Hotline has a post by Leslie Morgan Stiener, author of the book Crazy Love, a memoir about domestic abuse.
For a long time after I left Conor, I struggled with how I fit our society’s stereotype of an abused woman. Exactly why and how had I lost myself to a man who I was [...]

Summary of State Laws on Teen Date Violence

The National Conference of State Legislatures has a website: Summary of State Laws on Teen Dating Violence which includes legislation introduced in 2009 and information about state laws.
1 in 11 adolescents say they have been the victim of physical dating violence; a separate survey indicated that 1 in 4 teens self-report physical, verbal, emotional or sexual abuse every [...]

Immigrant Survivors of Abuse

http://www.womensenews.org/story/domestic-violence/091009/immigrant-survivors-abuse-seek-freedom
Women’s eNews has a two-part series called Immigrant Survivors of Abuse: Seeking Freedom.
Clenching her fist, she said she was scared of being deported and was petrified of her abuser. She found herself locked in a labyrinth of helplessness.
 

Start Strong Teens: The generation that ends DV

From their website:
October is Domestic Violence Awareness month. On October 22nd Start Strong teens will be showing their commitment to being the generation that ENDS domestic violence.
On this one day, Start Strong teens will be leading events across the country and “taking it to the streets,” from street performances in Providence to an anti-violence fashion [...]

A reprieve for California shelters

October 21, 2009

SAN FRANCISCO — In a reversal, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a stopgap bill on Wednesday to restore financing to the California’s shelters for victims of domestic violence.
Mr. Schwarzenegger eliminated money for the shelters in late July with a line-item veto as the state struggled to close the remainder of a $24 billion budget [...]

Baghdad’s Underground Shelters Help Iraqi Women Escape Violence and Abuse

by Anna Badkhen, from Ms.
Source and full story: Utne Reader
On a bullet-scarred side street in Baghdad’s downtown, where U.S. Marines famously helped tear down the statue of Saddam Hussein in April of 2003, an inconspicuous entryway tucked between a steel-shuttered shop and a rickety candy stall leads to a flight of steep concrete stairs. Rusted [...]

New study finds partner abuse leads to wide range of health problems

Source
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Women abused by intimate partners suffer higher rates of a wide variety of doctor-diagnosed medical maladies compared to women who were never abused, according to a new study of more than 3,000 women.
Many of these health problems are not commonly understood as being associated with violence, such as abdominal pain, chest [...]

News: Violence against women in military and war

Oct. 7
Yesterday, by a 68-30 vote, the U.S. Senate passed Senator Al Franken’s amendment to the Department of Defense Appropriations Bill (Amendment 2588) that, according to Stop Family Violence, prevents the Defense Department from using contractors that require“mandatory employment arbitration of employment discrimination, sexual harassment, and sexual assault claims.” Franken’s amendment was a response to [...]

Teen Dating Bill of Rights

Teen Dating Bill of Rights
I have the right:
To always be treated with respect – In a respectful relationship, you should be treated as an equal.
To be in a healthy relationship – A healthy relationship is not controlling, manipulative, or jealous. A healthy relationship involves honesty, trust, and communication.
To not be hurt physically or emotionally – [...]

Book: If I Die In Juárez

If I Die in Juárez by Stella Pope Duarte

From the red-light districts in Ciudad Juárez to remote villages hidden away in the mountains of Chihuahua comes a tale of one of the darkest crimes to be recorded in the history of humankind. If I Die in Juárez traces the lives of three young women—Evita, a [...]

Commemoration of Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women

Ottawa, Ontario (October 4, 2009) – The following statement was released by the Honourable Rob Nicholson, Minister of Justice, the Honourable Chuck Strahl, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians, the Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of Public Safety and the Honourable Helena Guergis, Minister of State [...]

Voices of Our Sisters in Spirit

The Sisters In Spirit initiative is a multi-year research, education and policy initiative funded by Status of Women Canada. The initiative is designed to address the disturbing numbers of missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls in Canada. Through the Sisters In Spirit initiative, the Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) aims to better understand [...]

Updates from Pretty Bird Woman House

Pretty Bird Woman House reviews some of their recent history and talks about the impact of the Office on Violence Against Women and the services provided by this program at Standing Rock Reservation.
Pretty Bird Woman House Blog

Urban vs. rural domestic violence

Urban vs. rural domestic violence
by Andrew Clevenger

As our friends at The Rural Blog have pointed out, a new study out of the University of Kentucky highlights how domestic violence protective orders are less effective in rural areas than in urban centers.
The study, by UK professor TK Logan, concludes that while domestic violence occurs at similar [...]

Economic Stress and Domestic Violence

Applied Research Forum In Brief: Economic Stress and Domestic Violence (September 2009)
Access the full report in .pdf or html format
www.vawnet.org
National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women
 In Brief: Economic Stress and Domestic Violence
The severe economic recession that began in December 2007 has renewed interest in the relationship between economic stress and domestic violence (DV). Although [...]