“Nothing we have ever done has spread so fast and happened so easily. Our motto was ‘not branding but expanding’: a global action to be determined and carried out locally.
VAWnet News Blog
Staff of the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV) are proud to participate in V-Day‘s One Billion Rising campaign.
The article reports, “‘It’s a milestone case in China against domestic violence against women,’ Feng says. ‘Her admission she’d been abused allowed it to become a topic of public discussion because of media concern. It also highlights the deficiencies in current Chinese law, and what needs to be changed to better protect women.'”
The article reports, “Under federal law, individuals who have been convicted of a misdemeanor domestic violence offense or who are subject to a domestic violence restraining order can’t legally buy or possess firearms.
Awareness: Pay it forward! In the advocacy community, the beginning of a new year ushers in a multitude of opportunities for calling attention to priority issues that impact our work.
“This year, it is estimated that 1 in 10 teens will be hurt intentionally by someone they are dating. While this type of abuse cuts across lines of age and gender, young women are disproportionately affected by both dating violence and sexual assault.