“Lakshmi Puri hails the increase of women in parliaments, including in Libya, Algeria and Senegal.
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.
In the News
Monday, November 12, 2012
In the News
Monday, November 12, 2012
The article reports, “A new survey of Californians’ attitudes on domestic violence found that the vast majority of respondents believe that the abuse can happen to anyone, and 66 percent said that they have a friend or family member who has been a victim.”
In the News
Friday, November 09, 2012
The article reports, “The UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women will give more than $8 million in grants to local initiatives in 18 countries to deal with the issue, the UN agency tasked with advancing gender equality announced today.”
In the News
Wednesday, November 07, 2012
The article reports, “Palestinian hip hop pioneers DAM (damrap.com) released a new song and powerful video today taking aim at violence against women.
In the News
Tuesday, November 06, 2012
The article reports, “Since 2009, Honduras has seen a spike in hate crimes and murders of members of the transgender community. For one Honduran immigrant who is applying for asylum, the fight to stay in the United States could be a matter of life or death.”
In the News
Tuesday, November 06, 2012
The article reports, “The Global Freedom Center, which has offices in San Francisco and Washington, D.C., was created by Kelly Heinrich and Kavitha Sreeharsha, attorneys who independently spent much of their careers providing legal services to trafficking victims…The center’s goal, according to its website, is to train 5 million professionals by 2020 to identify and prevent human traffi
