Archive for the ‘Domestic violence’ Category

Thursday, March 11th, 2010 at 5:16pm

UNIFEM and NCRW to Raise Awareness About Violence Against Women

The US National Committee for UNIFEM and the National Council for Research on Women Join Forces on a National Conference to Promote Efforts Aimed at Ending Violence against Women. The conference is a collaborative initiative between two preeminent organizations working towards ending this global pandemic.

The US National Committee for the United Nations Development Fund for [...]

Friday, March 5th, 2010 at 10:58pm

New York’s Choking Loophole

Dorchen Leidholdt and Jane Manning contribute to New York Times OP-Ed to demand for a statute which will recognize choking as a crime whether or not physical injury is evident.
By DORCHEN LEIDHOLDT and JANE MANNING

NEW YORKERS have heard a stream of grave accusations this week that our governor tried to obstruct a domestic assault [...]

Thursday, November 12th, 2009 at 2:14pm

Sexual Harassment In The Workplace: A battle plan

Feminist Radio And Beyond…..

Sexual Harassment
Women’s Rights attorney and women’s rights in the workplace advocate Jack Tuckner debates the issues.
Writer Barbara Berg talks Sexism in America: Alive, Well, And Ruining Our Future. What went wrong with the women’s movement and how to fix it.
And…The Colorado Sisters of the Women’s Collective perform indigenous storytelling about females [...]

Thursday, August 6th, 2009 at 7:25pm

Governor Paterson signs amendments to Domestic Violence laws

Each year, an estimated 400,000 domestic violence incidents are reported to law enforcement in New York and approximately 300,000 calls are received by hotlines throughout the State. Close to 165,000 orders of protection are issued annually in domestic violence cases in New York.
As though such numbers are not already enough, the grim economic condition [...]

Sunday, May 3rd, 2009 at 11:46am

Slow Economy Leads to Rise in Domestic Violence

Posted by Saswat Pattanayak in All Posts, Commentary, Domestic violence, Media, News, Opinion

By Saswat Pattanayak
As job losses increasingly become a norm, so does domestic violence. For the men who lose jobs what results is frustrations targeted at family; for women, it is dual oppression – at workplace and at home.
Bad economy is simply not bad for the country, it is sad for the family members who struggle [...]

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008 at 6:12pm

New Domestic Violence Awareness Campaign

Posted by Saswat Pattanayak in All Posts, Domestic violence, News

Walt McClure for Fox 23 reports that new billboards are aiming to raise teen awareness about domestic violence.

You’ll soon be seeing some new billboards aimed at raising teens’ awareness about domestic violence.
The campaign put together by the state Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence is called Coaching Boys into Men, with the purpose of [...]

Sunday, January 20th, 2008 at 10:36am

Abuse of immigrants in focus

Esther Wu writes for Dallas News about abuses among the immigrant communities. She says, there is a high rate number of domestic violence among immigrants, because some immigrant women may feel helpless since they lack communication skills, or their husbands may hold their passports.
Officials say Texas is a major destination for victims of human trafficking.
“Human [...]

Friday, January 18th, 2008 at 12:32pm

Bill Proposes Database of Offenders to Aid Dating

Posted by Saswat Pattanayak in All Posts, Domestic violence, News, Politics, Sexual Harassment

Rebecca Cathcart writes in NY Times about a new bill that proposes database of domestic violence offenders.
LOS ANGELES — Web sites that promise to give the dirt on prospective dates abound. A guy has a roving eye? Look him up on DontDateHimGirl.com.
But a California lawmaker says the background checks can be far more serious. [...]

Monday, October 8th, 2007 at 10:49am

Battered workers press for rights to time off

Posted by Saswat Pattanayak in All Posts, Domestic violence, Gender Discrimination, Media, News

The National Law Journal updates readers about Adriana Becerril, who has alleged perpetration of domestic violence by her ex-husband the night before she joined a new job. She is being represented by Tuckner, Sipser, Weinstock & Sipser, LLP. The article follows:

Battered workers press for rights to time off: States are passing laws mandating leave; more [...]

Monday, October 1st, 2007 at 8:11am

October is the National Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Posted by Saswat Pattanayak in All Posts, Domestic violence, Media, News, Politics

Two decades ago, on October 1, 1987, the month of October was declared as Domestic Violence Awareness Month through the efforts of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. The observation began with creation of the first national toll-free hotline and since then October 1 has been designated as a national Day of Unity.
Following is [...]

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