Justice Department Forms Task Force on Violence Against American Indian Women
Last month, the U.S. Department of Justice announced the formation of the Violence Against Women Federal and Tribal Prosecution Task Force to address the staggering rates of violence against American...
View ArticleIOM Recommendations Also Support Screening/Counseling for Violence
Last week, we highlighted the Institute of Medicine’s recommendation that birth control be covered without co-pays as a preventive service under health care reform. Several other aspects of women’s...
View ArticleYes! HHS Approves IOM Recommendations for Preventive Care for Women
Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced that it is adopting the Institute of Medicine’s recommendations for preventive care services for women. This will ensure that women...
View ArticleHelp Knock Out Barstool Sports, Advocates of Rape for, You Know, Fun
by Meg Young Everyone can agree that rape is not a joke, right? Apparently not, based on the popularity of the blog Barstool Sports. At first glance, the blog appears to be a collection of comedic...
View ArticleMassachusetts Men Join Effort to End Violence Against Women
Since 1994, when the Violence Against Women Act was first signed into law, support for this law to combat domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking has usually been a bipartisan issue. Not so in...
View ArticleInvasive Strip Searches Halted at Michigan Women’s Prison
[Note: this post and the linked materials contain graphic discussion of sexual abuse, rape, and prison genital searches.] A Michigan women’s prison that was practicing a particularly degrading type of...
View ArticleNo Country for All Women: Holding Up Violence Against Women Act
The 112th Congress ended without reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), threatening the funding of programs and services that prevent and respond to domestic violence, rape, stalking, and...
View ArticleThe White Ribbon Campaign: Men Working to End Violence Against Women
In light of Congress’s recent failure to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, it’s heartening to hear about the ongoing efforts of White Ribbon, a movement of men and boys working to end...
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One Billion Rising on V-Day: Are You Ready to Dance?
On Feb. 14, One Billion Rising events will take place around the globe marking V-Day’s 15th anniversary and inviting “one billion women and those who love them to walk out, dance, rise up, and demand...
View ArticleCDC Releases Data on Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence by Sexual...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released the first-ever set of national data focused on intimate partner violence, sexual violence, and stalking victimization by sexual...
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WHO Releases Global Report on Health Effects of Violence Against Women
The World Health Organization has released a new report, “Global and regional estimates of violence against women: prevalence and health effects of intimate partner violence and non-partner sexual...
View ArticleNew Study on Youth and Sexual Violence Considers Spectrum of Rape Scenarios
In a new study published in JAMA Pediatrics, nearly 1 in 10 youths in the United States reported committing an act of sexual violence. As part of a larger Growing Up With Media study on media...
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