Dec

15

National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey

December 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment

Results from the CDC’s 2010 National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS)  have just been released. You can read the Summary Report here (PDF); the briefer (8 page) Executive Summary here (PDF). Some of the bleak stats: **Nearly 1 in 5 women (18.3%) and 1 in 71 men (1.4%) in the United States have been raped [...]

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Nov

10

Teens, Kindness and Cruelty on Social Network Sites

November 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment

The Pew Internet and American Life Project just published the findings from their survey on teens and social networks: Teens, Kindness and Cruelty on Social Network Sites. Read the full report here (PDF), or review the section breakdown (with hyperlinks) after the jump…

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Jun

13

A Call to Men

June 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment

This Father’s Day (June 19th), be a part of the solution. Be one of 5,000 men saying no to violence. A Call to Men is looking for men to sign their online petition and make their voices heard. And while we’re talking solutions, check out their 10 Things Men Can Do:

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May

23

Safety Planning

May 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment

The Family Justice Center Alliance is hosting a webinar on safety planning, May 26th from 9-10:30 am PT. Participation is free, but advanced registration is required.

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Mar

10

Intimate Partner Stalking

March 10, 2011 | 4 Comments

Last minute post–sorry! AEquitas will be hosting a webinar March 11th from 2-3:30 pm ET, Intimate Partner Stalking: An Overview. Join my AEQ partner, Jeff Greipp and Michelle Garcia from the Stalking Resource Center for the 1st of 4 sessions focusing on stalking.

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Feb

2

Teen Dating Violence

February 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment

(Image from That’s Not Cool) February is National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention month. In honor of this, NCJRS has a dedicated page on publications and resources specifically on the topic. Also check out Break the Cycle’s site; CDC’s Choose Respect site; and the RWJ initiative, Start Strong’s project site for more specific tools and [...]

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Nov

8

Stalking in the Workplace Webinar Series

November 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment

Happy Forensic Nurses Week, everyone. Hopefully you are coming up with some creative ways of honoring colleagues (or, you know, yourself–always good, too). Today, I am pleased to share a new webinar series presented by NCVC’s Stalking Resource Center: Stalking in the Workplace. The series will provide 3 webinars on the subject, all free of [...]

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Sep

23

Virtual Knowledge Center to End Violence Against Women & Girls

September 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment

UNIFEM has created the Virtual Knowledge Center to End Violence Against Women and Girls that is certainly worth perusing. From the looks of the site, there are still multiple modules yet to come (including one on health and another on justice), but to date there are several live modules, and it’s beautifully searchable.

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May

14

Increased Importance of VAWA in a Time of Economic Crisis

May 14, 2010 | 1 Comment

Most of you are probably somewhat familiar with the importance of the Violence Against Women Act (PDF) on our work in the US. But in these current shaky economic times, people are calling for budget cuts far and wide. The Hon. Susan Carbon, Director of the Office on Violence Against Women testified last week before [...]

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Apr

13

Threat Assessment

April 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment

Don’t forget about our latest $50 Amazon.com giveaway in honor of SAAM. To enter just let us know in the original post’s Comments section how you commemorated any day during SAAM, and one inspiring aspect of the day or the event you attended. You have until May 4th to be eligible. Sorry for another last [...]

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