Awareness: Pay it forward! In the advocacy community, the beginning of a new year ushers in a multitude of opportunities for calling attention to priority issues that impact our work.
VAWnet News Blog
This area provides access to current and past news coverage on various issues related to gender-based violence that has national reach or impact, a full archive of NRCDV eNewsletters featuring announcements of new resources, initiatives, and events and access to our recent and archived TA questions of the month.
In the News
Monday, February 04, 2013
“This year, it is estimated that 1 in 10 teens will be hurt intentionally by someone they are dating. While this type of abuse cuts across lines of age and gender, young women are disproportionately affected by both dating violence and sexual assault.
In the News
Monday, February 04, 2013
The article reports, “The game allows players to hit, strangle and electrocute their virtual boyfriends if they slip up. Many users have slammed the app, rated for children over the age of 4, for encouraging a double-standard.”
TA Question of the Month
Friday, February 01, 2013
Recently, a request came in from someone who wanted to include information on the cost of sexual violence in an upcoming training. Having this information can be helpful in your advocacy work and conversations with employers, legislators and funders.
In the News
Thursday, January 31, 2013
The article reports, “Urban myths rarely have a useful purpose other than to confound, outrage, and frighten people into passing them along. But there’s a silver lining to this one—the idea that Super Bowl Sunday is linked to the highest incidences of domestic abuse in the country.
Thursday, January 31, 2013
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