Victims of military domestic violence are filing claims against the Pentagon for damage, injury, and death.
State actions to deny access to abortion show the same patterns of coercive control that women experience in domestic violence.
As the world observes the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on November 25, a new report shows the extraordinary anti-violence efforts made by women's rights organizations globally.
Protests erupted this week in response to a new abortion ban, but the government has been attacking women’s and LGBTQ rights for years.
As the global pandemic enters its eighth month, the impact on those experiencing domestic violence has continued to intensify, and services are stretched to the limit.
The COVID-19 shutdown is wreaking havoc on child visitations and family reunification.
While necessary to combat the spread of COVID-19, sheltering in place has been shown to exacerbate domestic violence.
The United States has not had a working Violence Against Women Act since February, when VAWA lapsed during a rush to pass legislation to (unsuccessfully) avoid a partial government shutdown. And now, while the House has already passed a version of the act earlier this year, the Senate is refusing to take up the bill because of pressure from the National Rifle Association.
The development in their case comes after a months-long saga in which the women, who said they fled to escape an abusive family and restrictive society, hid out in Hong Kong and stayed in various safe houses out of fear they could be intercepted and forced to return home.
This attack, like almost all mass shootings, was perpetrated by a man.
In late November, officials from the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement announced that the Law for Protection from Violence against Women, legislation women’s rights activists have advocated for since 2013, will likely be enacted in 2019.
A recent Amnesty International report released on December 10, the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, reveals that women, particularly the most marginalized women in the UK, have been disproportionately affected by austerity measures implemented in 2010.
A proposed reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act could close loopholes that have left Native women, who are most at risk of violence, unprotected under the law.
The recent allegations against New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman echo offenses by other law enforcement authorities.
A new study confirms that three women are killed each day in the United States by an intimate partner. As Domestic Violence Awareness Month draws to a close, the author, an advocate and activist, looks at ways some communities are reducing those numbers.
Women have benefitted from the Affordable Care Act, and women have a lot to lose if the new Republican health care bill becomes law.
Rates of veteran domestic violence are skyrocketing. Author Stacy Bannerman issues a call to action.
The Women’s Resource Center of Armenia is leading a small but growing movement, working for domestic violence laws, women’s health, education, and more.
