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On International Women's Day, Twitter Targets Charlie Sheen

It's International Women's Day, and everyone's talking about ... Charlie Sheen. Sure, the tiger blood jokes are funny enough. But there's a growing backlash against the media frenzy that's been eager to document Sheen's every wild utterance and less eager to discuss his history of domestic violence charges. As...

Facebook Fracas: Florida Couple in Jail After Woman 'Unfriends' Boyfriend

A Florida couple went from Facebook to central booking after a squabble over the popular social networking site. Thomas Gannon, 35, told Brooksville authorities that the couple's troubles began when his 31-year-old girlfriend, Tina Cash, "unfriended" him on Facebook, the St. Petersburg Times reports. According to the...

Can Corporations Help Stem Violence Against Women?

UNITED NATIONS -- "On the day of the attack I woke up before dawn ... before I could even say anything he threw the acid at my face and fled. I was rushed to the hospital; my face and body were burned severely. As a result I am blind in both eyes, I have lost both earlobes have gone through 16 skin grafting...

Hospital Discovers Mutilation as Woman Readies for Birth

(Nov. 23) -- An Uzbek immigrant in New York says her husband carved epithets into her skin, gouged out chunks of flesh with a key and beat her since they were married in December. Hospital workers called police Friday after discovering scars spelling out "bitch" and "whore" in Cyrillic, the alphabet used in her homeland,...

Abused Wife Who Killed Preacher Husband Speaks Out

(Nov. 5) -- A woman convicted of shooting and killing her husband after allegedly suffering years of abuse wants women to know they can get help without resorting to violence. Women are sometimes "hesitant to speak out and ask for help," Mary Winkler told NBC's "Today" show this morning. But, she said, "someone will...

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Protecting Marissa at the Expense of the Next Trayvon

In recent weeks there has been an intense discussion across the nation about Marissa Alexander.

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Bennett L. Gershman: When Rabbis Muzzle Sex Crime Victims, What's a Prosecutor to Do?

Prosecutors often deal with crime victims who do not want to testify.

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Joseph Rauch: The Cycle of Abusive Relationships

Many of us have or have had friends who will enter into abusive relationships and then stay with their abusive partner even after they have openly admitted they are unhappy.

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How Some Men Are Upending Domestic Violence Laws to Scam an Advantage in Divorce

"Conflicting out" all the top divorce lawyers.

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G(irls)20 Summit: The Voice From Girls and Women

Before March 2012, I knew nothing about G(irls)20 Summit.

Domestic Violence News From the Web

05/29/12 Why under-18s can't be victims of domestic abuse Source: SocietyGuardian.co.uk The references to control and repeated instances of abuse made during the case were familiar to those who have worked in the field of violence against women.
05/29/12 On the front lines of change in the risky world of DCF Source: Hartford Advocate - Hartford CT The call for help came from an emergency room nurse.
05/29/12 132 child abuse cases in 5 months Source: Fijilive.com There has been 132 cases of child abuse recorded by Fiji's Ministry of Social Welfare, Women and Poverty Alleviation in the first five months of this year.
05/29/12 Self-defense or murder? Mt. Morris Township stabbing... Source: Advance Newspapers - Ann Arbor MI Her face still bears reminders of the physical attacks she endured, but Janice M. Sander's claim that she killed her boyfriend in self defense could be tough to prove despite years of domestic abuse.
05/29/12 Protecting Marissa at the Expense of the Next Trayvon Source: The Huffington Post In recent weeks there has been an intense discussion across the nation about Marissa Alexander.

Background on Domestic Violence

Domestic violence, also known as domestic abuse, spousal abuse, battering, family violence, and intimate partner violence (IPV), is defined as a pattern of abusive behaviors by one partner against another in an intimate relationship such as marriage, dating, family, or cohabitation.

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