The theme of this year’s Sexual Assault Awareness Month campaign is Prevention is Possible. This April we hope to share the message that we can all stop sexual violence before it happens by addressing the root causes and social norms that allow it to exist.
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.
TA Question of the Month
Friday, April 01, 2016
In the News
Tuesday, March 29, 2016
“It’s really hard for women who don’t know anything or don’t have a place to call home,” Grace said. “And these women have no family at all.”
In the News
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
The Sinclair School of Nursing has implemented the training to get students comfortable with showing empathy and asking difficult questions with sensitivity. The training is part of the curriculum for both undergraduate and graduate students, Lea Wood, director of simulation, said.
In the News
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Crispin is from Ohio, a state that had 289 human trafficking cases in 2015. nationwide, the National Trafficking Resource Center reported 14,588 cases of sex trafficking since 2007.
In the News
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
“In a historic ruling this past February, Guatemalan courts convicted a former paramilitary and a retired army officer of committing rape and murder and holding sexual slaves during the country’s 1960–1996 civil war.
In the News
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
SafeBAE (Before Anyone Else) exists to spark change in the culture by addressing sexual assault and dating violence starting as early as high school.
