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From Unilever to the University of Hong Kong, a wave of male executives join UNWomen’s new ‘HeForShe’ initiative Heads of state, CEOs and university presidents are all making public and concrete commitments to gender equality in the latest installment of UN Women’s ‘HeForShe’ initiative.

Several hundred demonstrators marched from City Hall to the Statehouse yesterday to publicize the issue of human trafficking and demand an end to it.

by Amanda Manes of the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence The issue of abusive spouses preventing survivors of Jewish faith from obtaining a religious divorce (get) is just one example of how religion and faith can play a major role in the lives of survivors of domestic violence. To learn more about the intersection of domestic violence and religion, access VAWnet Special Collection Domestic Violence and Religion.

Miller, an influential political consultant in Austin, had opened the newspaper on Christmas Eve and read a column about Winston, about the rape accusation against him, and about how Winston had considered his accuser’s moaning to mean that she had consented to sex.

Human trafficking is a big business across the country. Numerous agencies and non-profits are attacking the problem by trying to help victims, but one company is traveling across the Southeast, targeting those who purchase people for sex. They call themselves the Vigilante Truckers.   Read More

Today at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Vice President Biden is honoring April as Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month by sharing an update on the Administration’s efforts to help combat sexual assault, especially on college and university campuses. New