Category: DV/IPV

A last minute addition to the webinar calendar: Break the Cycle is hosting a webinar February 23rd at 1pm ET, in support of Teen Dating Violence Prevention Month. Know More, Say More: A Conversation About Teen Dating Violence is free, but registration will be limited to 100 participants.

The National Domestic Violence Hotline and the Family Violence Prevention Fund released a report today on birth control sabotage and pregnancy coercion. One in 4, my friends. That’s the number of callers to the National Hotline reporting this as an aspect of the abuse in their relationships. Another reason to think expansively when we screen for violence–particularly sexual violence.

I don’t often link to other blogs at FHO, but my friend and AEQ colleague, Rhonda Martinson, mentioned Casey Gwinn’s post over at the Family Justice Center Alliance site, and all I can say is, Amen.

“Hunker down” is not a vision statement. No organization that aspires to simply survive is going to attract excitement, community buy-in, and donors. 

Read the whole post here.

This Sunday is the Super Bowl here in the US, and this event’s relationship to domestic violence seems to crop up every year. The Family Violence Prevention Fund has addressed it over at their site, including some talking points for people who field questions on the subject.

BWJP is hosting a free webinar, The Department of Defense Response to Intimate Partner Violence. The webinar will be held February 10th from 3-4:30 ET, but registration closes February 8th, so plan ahead.

FVPF has reissued an updated Compendium of State Statutes and Policies on Domestic Violence and Healthcare (PDF). You can view the webinar slides related to the Compendium that took place at the end of September here (PDF).

JWI’s National Alliance to End Domestic Abuse is hosting a webinar January 11th from 12-1pm ET, Domestic Violence: Its Impact on the Workplace. The webinar is free, but preregistration is necessary. The discussion will be led by Kim Wells, Executive Director of the Corporate Alliance to End Partner Violence; Jane Randel, Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications & Brand Services for Liz Claiborne Inc.; and Jeremy Bruce, Manager, Employee Relations for Verizon Wireless.

BWJP, NRCDV and NNEDV are co-hosting two more webinars in their series, Military Experience, Trauma and Intimate Partner Violence. The 1st is January 12th from 2-3:30: Challenges Faced by Female Veterans. The speakers will be Anu Bhagwati, Executive Director, and Rachel Natelson, Legal Adviser, Service Women’s Action Network (SWAN). You can register for it here.

The Family Violence Prevention Fund is offering a 2nd webinar on healthcare leadership, Building Health Care Leadership: A Systems Advocacy Approach to Addressing Domestic Violence in the Health Care System. The 1st was offered in July; however, this will not just be a replaying of the original, but an interactive original session. The session will be held December 3rd from 11-12:30 pm PT. You can register here.

I frequently get asked to comment on the efficacy of batterer intervention programs when I teach on the subject of domestic violence. The truth is, this is pretty far outside my scope of practice, so I can’t offer much on the topic, except to refer people to some of my colleagues who do the work. Now, however, there’s a new report that speaks to the issue, for those of you who are interested.

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 charge. The 1st in the series begins next week.

The Family Justice Center Alliance is sponsoring a free webinar, Tuesday, November 11th at 9am PT: Domestic Violence and the Military. Deborah Tucker, Executive Director of the National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence, will be the featured speaker.