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Three Albanian 16-year-old girls have developed an app to help victims of domestic violence access support, hoping to tackle a huge problem in Albania, where one in two women suffered abuse last year, according to a survey.

Dozens of janitors in California are pushing to enact into law sexual violence prevention training led by workers themselves.

After four years in the shadow of Brock Turner, the man who sexually assaulted her, the woman once known in the media as "Emily Doe" has taken her name back. In her new memoir, Know My Name, Chanel Miller has introduced herself to a world that knew her only as a victim at the heart of a nationwide criminal justice controversy.

DVAM is almost here! Join NRCDV on September 25th as we kick off DVAM 2019 celebrate our movement’s accomplishments and reflect on our shared experiences as we move together toward social transformation with the theme #1Thing, One Movement: Working Together Towards Collective Liberation.

More than 3 million women experienced rape as their first sexual encounter, according to a new study, which surveyed women ages 18 to 44 in the U.S.

“This memorial is a community response to sexual violence, rape culture and injustice. It will be a place for truth-telling, a place that validates our experiences, our suffering and our courage,” survivor and activist Sarah Super said.