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Critics Spot Dangers in a Campus Safety Bill

By Ann Marie Cunningham ● Crime & Law ● June 19, 2015

The campus safety legislation, called CASA, faces a Senate vote this month. Critics say that while it may be designed to curb rape and sex assault at colleges, it could actually make it harder to investigate and prosecute campus rape.

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On Sexual Assault, Harvard Takes Big Step Forward

By Wendy Murphy ● Crime & Law ● July 9, 2014

Let’s hope this policy flashes a red light at any schools that might be considering enforcement of the backward Campus SaVE Act passed last year.

1.5 Million Anti-Gun Moms Put Weight into Midterms

By Sharon Johnson ● Uncategorized ● May 17, 2014

“Congress must become more afraid of the moms than the NRA,” says leading gun-control proponent Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, who likes the looks of this group modeling itself on MADD, the impassioned mother’s lobby against drunk driving.

In Domestic Violence, No Incident Is Too Minor

By Cindy Dyer ● Crime & Law ● December 19, 2013

It starts with black eyes and broken fingers and moves up the ladder to the crimes that make the news. By prosecuting lower level crimes and addressing intimate partner violence before it escalates, we will save women’s lives around the world.

1 Murder, Plus 2 Mum Suspects Equals a Walk

By Wendy Murphy ● Uncategorized ● May 24, 2013

Criminals often use a trick called cross-finger pointing resulting in many long-term unsolved cases of missing women and girls, including the disappearance of 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey in Colorado, says Wendy Murphy in this excerpt from the new edition of “And Justice For Some.”

Voters Let Women Decide in Recent Abortion Poll

By Samantha Kimmey ● Arts & Culture ● August 27, 2012

A poll commissioned by Republicans for Choice asks “who decides” a woman’s right to abortion. It’s not a question other polls are asking this year and the results indicate strong support of a woman’s right to choose.

Female ‘Stereotype Threat’ Brain Drains U.S. STEM

By Caryl Rivers & Rosalind C. Barnett ● Arts & Culture ● May 25, 2012

Negative perceptions are still choking off women’s access to careers in science, technology, engineering and math. But if girls are encouraged in the early grades they will benefit, along with the U.S. economy.

Advocates Blast Canadian Probe of Missing Women

By Sadiya Ansari ● Commentary ● April 17, 2012

Fifteen organizations last week intensified their opposition to a government inquiry into missing women in Vancouver’s downtown eastside. In an open letter, detractors said they would instead cooperate with a U.N. probe launched in December.

Women of Color Seen As Always Sexually Available

By Jaclyn Friedman ● Arts & Culture ● October 29, 2011

The stereotypes of women of color as always being sexually available show how undervalued they are, says Jaclyn Friedman in her new book “What You Really Really Want.” In this excerpt, she explores the overlap of race and sexuality.

Acid-Attack Survivor Heals Inner Scars of Others

By Bijoyeta Das ● Crime & Law ● May 2, 2011

A survivor of an acid attack recalls the slow, painful stages of recovery it took to turn her into a counselor for others. Acid attacks are punishable by death now in Bangladesh, but new victims continue needing her help.