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The NHL has joined other professional leagues in mandating domestic violence, sexual assault and sexual harassment training for all of its players. The program, developed by the NHL and NHL Players’ Association, involves all 30 teams going through hour-long educational sessions with outside professionals. It began last week, and teams will complete the seminar over a two-month span.

The face of a Memphis domestic violence campaign says Memphis police didn’t take her situation seriously until she began appearing in a public service announcement.

A recent domestic violence incident, in which a daughter-in-law was beating her mother-in-law has Indian’s advocating for more domestic violence laws and protections.

As part of Human Trafficking Awareness Month in January, we are going to explore the hard truth around what homeless youth are sometimes forced to participate in so they can have a place to sleep for a night, or for protection.

Tensions in Germany have gotten exponentially worse since the disturbing wave of possibly coordinated violent assaults on women in Cologne on New Year’s Eve. Eighteen of the 31 people identified as suspects in the attacks, which included hundreds of sexual assaults and robberies, were asylum-seekers.

US artist Chantal Barlow photographed two dozen women  for her ongoing project Unconventional Apology. She  states that this project “seeks to move away from the typical presentation of domestic abuse and move forward in a beautiful and empowering way”.