VAWnet News Blog

A total of 98 cases of suspected human trafficking have been brought to the southern regional police division’s attention in 2015 – up by 700 percent on the year before when 14 incidents were reported. And in the four months since September 1st, 17 people have been found guilty of people smuggling according to court files examined by Swedish public broadcaster SVT.

“There was a lot of focus on the victims, but the child piece fell by the wayside.”

In every California city where Meathead is located, they’ve partnered with a domestic violence shelter, and now the company has challenged other businesses to do the same with the hashtag “#movetoenddv.”

Guatemala’s Congress just voted to raise the country’s minimum legal age for marriage to 18! This is big, exciting, news. Not just for girls in Guatemala, but for all the girls forced into child marriage—every two seconds—around the world.

Minnesota organizations are raising a flag to honor three people killed recently in suspected cases of domestic violence. According to the coalition, their Live Free Without Violence flag is part of a campaign to spread awareness of domestic abuse.

“Dear Daddy” is an open letter from an unborn baby girl to her father asking him to understand the danger she faces from the men in her life. It asks men to take responsibility for the sexist attitudes that young boys develop from their interactions with peers and role models early in life.