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VAWnet News Blog

This area provides access to current and past news coverage on various issues related to gender-based violence that has national reach or impact, a full archive of NRCDV eNewsletters featuring announcements of new resources, initiatives, and events and access to our recent and archived TA questions of the month.
eNewsletters
Tuesday, July 07, 2015

Engaging in prevention requires that domestic violence programs and their partners support a strategic visioning process with communities. Service providers themselves become more deeply rooted within the community they serve and develop a more robust understanding of the unique needs and resources that exist there.

In the News
Monday, July 06, 2015

The Campus SaVE Act seeks to address the violence women face on campus: the highest rates of stalking, the highest risk of nonfatal intimate partner violence, and 20-25 percent of female students experiencing rape or attempted rape. This legislation, co-authored by U.S. Sen.

In the News
Monday, July 06, 2015

“Three-quarters of Australians believe domestic violence is as much or more of a threat than terrorism, new polling shows.” “It is estimated that two Australian women are killed by domestic violence each week, with 31 women killed by a partner or relative in the first four months of the year.”

TA Question of the Month
Monday, June 29, 2015

by Amanda Manes of the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence in partnership with the Tahirih Justice Center What is forced marriage?

In the News
Friday, June 26, 2015

In a historic development for gay rights and the institution of marriage, the Supreme Court has ruled that same-sex couples have the constitutional right to marry. Specifically, the 5-4 ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges declares that the 14th Amendment requires all states to perform same-sex marriages and recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states.

In the News
Tuesday, June 23, 2015

For days, a 14-year-old girl walked around a Fayetteville motel on Skibo Road wearing nothing but a tight shirt and shorts that barely covered her bottom. She didn’t have shoes or any personal belongings. She didn’t talk to anyone. But she hoped a hotel employee or patron – anyone – would speak to her. She walked around the hallways, up and down stairs and into common areas.