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Sen. Patty Pansing Brooks’ bill (LB843) was amended before it was advanced to final reading to set up a process for a person who is charged with prostitution to file a motion to dismiss the charge if a victim of human trafficking.

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – Many Tampa Bay Lightning players join their wives and girlfriends for a fashion show designed to raise money to benefit a local women’s domestic violence shelter. Bolts Better Halves Fashion with a Cause is an evening of cocktails, dinner and a fashion show that will feature many of the Bolts Better Halves.

NAIROBI, March 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – One in four internally displaced persons (IDP) surveyed in Kenya has been a victim or witness of human trafficking, the majority lured to the Middle East but then forced to do menial work or sexually exploited, an anti-trafficking charity said on Tuesday.

Institutional surveys that Penn gives out regularly, including senior surveys, will now include questions about sexual assault.

​​​​​​​The NSVRC recently received the following request for technical assistance: “As a local rape crisis center, we are frequently asked why we don’t endorse women’s self—defense classes as a way of preventing rape. We have serious concerns about the notion that self-defense classes prevent rape. Is there a national position from the anti-sexual violence movement?”

Today, the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) is releasing its 10th consecutive annual Domestic Violence Counts: A 24-hour Census of Domestic Violence Shelters and Services (Census) report at a Congressional Briefing.