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CNN’s exclusive investigation, “Destroyed,” reveals police across the country have destroyed hundreds of rape kits — many untested — before the statute of limitations expired.
— Read on www.cnn.com/2018/11/29/health/destroyed-rape-kits-takeaways-invs/index.html
The survivors, detective, attorney, and judge who helped take down sexual abuser Larry Nassar are among the 2018 ‘Glamour’ Women of the Year.
— Read on www.glamour.com/story/women-of-the-year-2018-larry-nassar-survivors
VAWA disproportionately funds the criminal legal system but it has not deterred domestic violence. Lawyer Leah Goodmark argues that criminalizing domestic violence actually makes the problem worse and that it’s time for alternative forms of justice and support.
— Read on www.pri.org/stories/2018-10-23/violence-against-women-act-unlikely-deter-domestic-violence-heres-why
An understudied form of child abuse and intimate terrorism: parental alienation | College of Natural Sciences | SOURCE | Colorado State University
— Read on natsci.source.colostate.edu/an-understudied-form-of-child-abuse-and-intimate-terrorism-parental-alienation/
Ersilia Matarazzo was shot dead in Everett Wednesday morning, allegedly by her estranged husband. While Ersilia’s body was at the morgue, Gov. Charlie Baker was hosting a meeting about domestic violence, where he emphasized the importance of public awareness. He’s wrong. We have enough damn awareness in the drumbeat of news stories about all the
— Read on www.bostonherald.com/2018/12/21/murphy-enough-awareness-increase-the-consequences-for-wife-beaters/
Sexual assault victims have a new “bill of rights” in New York that will spell out the services they are entitled to after an attack.
— Read on www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-pol-cuomo-sexual-assault-survivors-bill-of-rights-20181221-story.html
At least 60 Indigenous women are pursuing a lawsuit alleging they were sterilized against their will, as recently as last year. Is there an issue of systemic racism within Canada’s healthcare system?
— Read on www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-november-13-2018-1.4902679/indigenous-women-kept-from-seeing-their-newborn-babies-until-agreeing-to-sterilization-says-lawyer-1.4902693
Nicole Kidman Just Donated $500,000 to Stop Violence Against Women
— Read on www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/nicole-kidman-500000-donation-un-women-trust-fund/
I LOVE YOU (AND I ALWAYS HAVE)
https://narcsite.com/2018/12/27/i-love-you-and-i-always-have-10/
— Read on narcsite.com/2018/12/27/i-love-you-and-i-always-have-10/
Ex-minister says cuts went too far, as Guardian investigation shows wide-ranging impact
— Read on www.theguardian.com/law/2018/dec/26/revealed-legal-aid-cuts-forcing-parents-to-give-up-fight-for-children
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