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The article reports, “Gay people and people with disabilities were among those being forced into marriage over the last year, according to new figures. A helpline has received 75 calls since new laws on forced marriage were enacted in Scotland in November last year.”

The article reports, “Horrific cases of violence against women seem to happen with disturbing regularity, many of them occurring in the national capital, now often described in the media as India’s rape capital.”

The article reports, “Teenagers in physically or psychologically aggressive dating relationships are more than twice as likely to repeat such damaging relationships as adults and report increased substance use and suicidal feelings years later, compared with teens with healthy dating experiences, reports a new Cornell University study.”

The article reports, “A Baltimore-based therapist who was disturbed by the response to the murder-suicide committed by a Kansas City Chiefs player has taken her cause national.”

“When Champlain College students and professors were given the task of developing a computer game to address the problem of violence against women, they created Breakaway, a game that uses soccer skills to introduce moral questions to the interactions between girls and boys.”

The article reports, “Afghan women are frequent victims of abuse, despite some success by authorities in prosecuting rape cases, forced marriages and domestic violence under a 3-year-old law, according to a report issued Tuesday by the United Nations.”