Violence Against Women Archives – Page 3 of 5

A Family Murder Leaves Lasting Mark on 5-Year-Old

By Kat Hurley ● Arts & Culture ● December 20, 2013

While it led to years of chronic bouts of the crazies and self-medication, her mother’s murder didn’t rob her completely of a childhood or a future, says Kat Hurley in this excerpt from her memoir “I Think I’ll Make It.”

Latest in Violence Against Women

Shutdown Silenced a Call for Women’s Safety

By Darina Naidu ● Uncategorized ● October 22, 2013

The U.S. is failing to protect women and children, particularly from gun violence. That’s what a group of advocates wanted to tell a U.N. forum this month, but couldn’t due to the government shutdown.

Female Pols Led Shutdown’s End; Sex Traffic Reported

By WeNews Staff ● Arts & Culture ● October 19, 2013

Female politicians were said to get most of the credit for ending the government shutdown. The first-ever European Union human trafficking report was also released.

Mexican Transgender Women Deported to Life of Peril

By Amy Lieberman ● Uncategorized ● August 26, 2013

Mexico is one of the world’s most dangerous places to be transgender. But as lawmakers try to change that, transgender women who are deported confront a social backlash that makes their homeland more fearful than ever. The first of four stories.

McCaskill, Gillibrand Take Military Men to Task

By Hajer Naili ● Uncategorized ● June 4, 2013

The two lawmakers have different bills to reform the way the military handles sex-assault cases. Gillibrand’s bill goes further and seeks to shift authority out of the chain of command.

Arab Women Say Time for Saying ‘Spring’ Is Over

By Hajer Naili ● Uncategorized ● March 14, 2013

In sideline panel events at the 57th Commission on the Status of Women, talk was of working for further transformation in everything from the Egyptian constitution to the safety of women throughout the uprisings.

India’s Rape Furor Catalyzes New Alliances

By Swapna Majumdar ● Uncategorized ● January 12, 2013

Veterans of women’s safety activism say they have never, in decades of work, seen their society mobilize like this to confront the dangers and hostilities that women face. “It means violence against women is no longer just a woman’s issue.”

Safety Activists Want VAWA Restored Right Away

By Victoria Fitzgerald ● Uncategorized ● January 11, 2013

Women’s safety activists are calling on lawmakers to restore funding that they failed to allocate for the first time since the law was passed in 1994.

Our Work for Afghan Women Must Survive Past 2014

By Sunita Viswanath ● Uncategorized ● November 6, 2012

Foreign troop withdrawal has become a certainty for Afghanistan, leaving those of us who provide essential services for girls and women anxious and uncertain.

Phone App Puts Friends and Safety a Tap Away

By Sadiya Ansari ● Uncategorized ● August 19, 2012

Location-based technology allows smartphone users to instantly tell friends when and where something is going wrong. Developers have been concentrating on college students but some are starting to aim at younger ages, when abuse often starts.