The study, titled “Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Abuse among LGBT People,” reviews research on the prevalence of intimate partner violence and intimate partner sexual abuse among LGBT people, barriers to accessing assistance, and the quality of available help.
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(SitNews) Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-AK) and Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND) last Thursday praised the U.S. Senate’s unanimous passage of their bipartisan bill which they recently introduced, to help combat domestic abuse and sexual violence.
The Governor’s Office of Crime Control and Prevention awarded $2,290,583 in federal Violence Against Women Act grants.
The White House is putting a comedic spin on a serious subject, hoping to shed more light on the problem of sexual assaults on college campuses.
Dina Hossam, 21, from Cairo, Egypt, dreams of a world without violence against women. “It’s a world where I don’t have to take my brother with me for my protection when I go out.”
Ireland tomorrow makes a significant first step in committing to eliminate violence against women and girls. The Istanbul Convention is expected to be signed which will define and ultimately criminalise forced marriage, female genital mutilation, stalking and physical, psychological and sexual violence among others.