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April is national Sexual Assault Awareness Month. What is the Navy doing to support awareness, prevention and response? Quite a lot, according to Cmdr. Hillary Darby from Navy Region Hawaii.

Malawi recently passed a law making marriage under the age of 18 illegal, but in many villages, custom supersedes law. The backlash was immediate, with some telling Kachindamoto she had no right to overturn tradition. She’s ignored the death threats, and is instead lobbying the government to increase marriageable age to 21. Read More

The National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV) today, released the technical assistance guidance, “Responding to the Long-term Needs of Adult Children Exposed to Domestic Violence: Exploring the connection to suicide risk,” through their national online resource library VA

The Visionary Voice Awards are presented annually by the NSVRC in conjunction with Sexual Assault Awareness Month, a national campaign held each April to raise awareness about preventing sexual violence.

Unlike Canada, where indigenous leaders and advocates have pressured the government to begin to confirm the numbers of missing and murdered indigenous women, the U.S. has done little to address the issue.

Tanya Red Road, program coordinator for the Fargo Native American Center reported that she receives several calls each week from people seeking information about missing women from all over Indian country. “So many people are searching for missing loved ones,” she said. “We take their names and promise to keep an eye out for them.”