Approximately a quarter of a million women entering college this year will be sexually assaulted before they graduate. Sharyn J. Potter, PhD, MPH details the magnitude of these losses and offers bold solutions in her new TEDx Talk.
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.
TA Question of the Month
Monday, October 01, 2018
Being surrounded by strong community, including neighbors one interacts with and cares about, can provide a buffer against experiences and consequences of IPV. With this in mind, how can neighbors and advocates together help bolster these strong spaces of social support for survivors?
In the News
Saturday, September 29, 2018
"States are not providing students with enough guidance and support in terms of how to behave in the world they grew up in," Catherine Brown, the vice president of education policy at the Center for American Progress, told CNN.
In the News
Friday, September 28, 2018
A 2014 national report by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police estimated 1,181 indigenous women disappeared or were murdered since 1980. In 2016, the U.S. National Crime Information Center reported 5,712 cases of missing native women.
In the News
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
A judge has sentenced Bill Cosby to three to 10 years in Pennsylvania state prison, five months after a jury found Cosby guilty of aggravated indecent assault.
In the News
Tuesday, September 18, 2018
More than 1,800 women were murdered by men in 2016 and the most common weapon used was a gun, according to the new Violence Policy Center study "When Men Murder Women: An Analysis of 2016 Homicide Data."
