”violence” News

Office On Violence Against Women Announces Inaugural Class of the Advocacy Learning Center

To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: U.S. Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs, +1-202-514-2007, TDD, +1-202-514-1888 WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Office
11 25 2009 5:41PM (...more)

Rihanna/Chris Brown Incident Underscores Need for Early Intervention, Leading Domestic Violence Expert Says

To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Lisa Lederer, +1-202-371-1999, +1-202-421-5825 (cell) Statement of Esta Soler, President, Family Violence Prevention Fund SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "Our thoughts and prayers
02 19 2009 4:11PM (...more)

Stop using women's bodies as 'battleground' in wartime: UN

UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - UN member states were Tuesday urged to do more to protect women from pervasive sexual violence in armed conflict and to give them a greater voice in matters of war and peace.
10 24 2007 6:46AM (...more)

Break the Cycle Issues First-Ever State-by-State Report Cards on Teen Dating Violence

To: FAMILY EDITORS Contact: Lori Teranishi of Van Prooyen Greenfield LLP, +1-415-981-1964, lteranishi@vpgllp.com, or Marjorie Gilberg of Break the Cycle, +1-310-424-2805, marjorie.gilberg@breakthecycle.org LOS ANGELES, Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/
02 5 2008 6:02AM (...more)

Department of Justice Awards Recovery Act Grants to Support Tribal Governments and Coalitions to Combat Violence Against Women

To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: U.S. Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs, +1-202-514-2007, TDD, +1-202-514-1888 More than $6.7 Million to Support Tribal Governments and Tribal
08 25 2009 5:00PM (...more)

TV's Increasing Female Body Count

Creators Syndicate – Violence — especially grotesque, gory or bloody violence — has become a staple of network television during sweeps periods. But there's a new kind of violence surging — violence against
11 4 2009 6:42AM (...more)

Plight of Afghan women risks getting worse: HRW

KABUL (AFP) – A leading rights group Monday accused the Afghan government of failing to protect women from endemic violence such as rape and murder and from discrimination, warning that their plight risks getting worse. The 12 9 2009 7:29AM (...more)

Activists Push to End Violence Against Women

WASHINGTON, Dec 4 ( OneWorld.net ) - Twenty years ago Sunday, an angrygunman killed 14 female
12 9 2009 1:17AM (...more)

Violence against women, female teens, surges on TV

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Incidents of violence against women on mainstream U.S. television has increased by 120 percent in the past five years, with the depiction of teen girls as victims rising by some 400 percent, the
10 31 2009 7:28AM (...more)

Half of U.S. Kids Assaulted Each Year: Study

THURSDAY, Oct. 8 ( HealthDay News ) -- More than 60 percent of youngsters had either direct or indirect exposure to violence within the past year, according to a U.S. government survey that looked at past-year and lifetime exposure
10 9 2009 9:27PM (...more)