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Key Messages •  All regions have unacceptably high rates of violence against women, with recent global estimates showing that 35 per cent of women worldwide have experienced either physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence or non-partner sexual violence in their lifetime.

The National Institutes of Health through its National Institute of Mental Health has awarded $177,147 to the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation to reduce “intimate partner violence” among South African youth.

Earlier this week, The Huffington Post ran a story on undiagnosed traumatic brain injury in domestic violence survivors. We received an outpouring of emails from women who suspected they might be suffering from the condition. Here, we spoke to some experts on what women should do if they believe they have a traumatic brain injury. Need help right now? In the U.S., call 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) for the National Domestic Violence Hotline. Read More

Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets across Argentina on Wednesday to condemn violence against women after a series of brutal murders. Carrying signs with slogans like “machismo kills” and “enough deaths,” Argentines flooded the streets of Buenos Aires and more than 100 other cities.

Carnegie Mellon University students have created “Decisions That Matter: An Interactive Experience” — part web comic, part game — to help guide other students into making better choices when confronted with sexual issues in real-world scenarios.

By Jennifer Grove, Prevention Outreach Coordinator at the National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC)