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Celebrate Teen Dating Violence Awareness & Prevention Month with the NRCDV! This February, the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence is committed to bringing the experiences and needs of teens from mar

Morrison appeared on ABC’s Q&A program on Monday night along with Guardian Australia’s Indigenous affairs editor, Stan Grant; director of emergency at St Vincent’s hospital, Gordian Fulde; the director of the Sydney Story Factory, Catherine Keenan, and young Australian of the Year finalist Manal Younus.

Many teens fail to report the abuse because they are afraid to tell friends and family. For youth of color, reporting and finding help and support can be especially challenging. Growing up with a clear understanding and experience of inequality, discrimination and injustice can leave them with little trust in the systems that were put in place to protect them.

The Community-wide Plan to End Domestic Violence (CWP 3.0) is a partnership among several community organizations — spearheaded by Domestic Violence Network (DVN) — that launched in October 2013.

When it comes to this issue, the two places have a lot in common. That’s according to Tuvshinjargal Gantumur, a psychologist and manager at the National Center Against Violence in Mongolia. Through a translator, she said the similarities between Alaska and Mongolia are what made the delegation eager to take this “study trip.”

Statistics show that 74 percent of sex trafficking happens in rented lodging. Tricia Freeman with the Sarpy County Attorney’s Office said they have been contacted by motels that became aware of suspicious activity, “so whatever it looks like on any given day, we’re committed,” to the effort to halt these crimes.