Protecting Yourself if You are Being Stalked

I. STALKING CHECKLIST To help determine whether you or someone you know is a victim of stalking, see if anything on the following checklist of sample stalking behaviors matches your situation. Does a current or former spouse or boyfriend, friend, coworker, neighbor, casual acquaintance or complete stranger . . . Leave harassing, threatening or obscene [...]

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HIV/AIDS and Domestic Violence

Women’s inability to negotiate safe sex and refuse unwanted sex is closely linked to the high prevalence HIV/AIDS. Unwanted sex — from being unable to say “no!” to a partner and be heard, to sexual assault such as rape — results in a higher risk of abrasion and bleeding, providing a ready avenue for transmission [...]

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RATE OF FAMILY VIOLENCE DROPPED BY MORE THAN ONE-HALF FROM 1993 TO 2002

RATE OF FAMILY VIOLENCE DROPPED BY MORE THAN ONE-HALF FROM 1993 TO 2002 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The rate of family violence fell by more than one-half between 1993 and 2002, from an estimated 5.4 victims to 2.1 victims per 1,000 U.S. residents 12 years old and older, reflecting the general decline in crimes against people [...]

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Breaking The Silence – Moms Losing Child Custody To Their Batterers?

This is an eight minute excerpt of the program that aired on Public Television in October of 2005. The documentary tells the stories of children who are taken away from their protective mothers.

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The Violence Against Women Act

(Source: NNEDV)For a one-page overview of VAWA 2005, please download our VAWA 2005 Fact Sheet (PDF). For a full summary of program changes, please download our VAWA 2005 Summary (PDF). You can also download the VAWA 2005 statute, (PL 109-162). On January 5, 2006, the Violence Against Women Act of 2005 (VAWA) was signed into [...]

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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COUNTS

NATIONAL NETWORK TO END DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DV Counts: NCDVS 2006 Census Report DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COUNTS A 24-hour census of domestic violence sheltersand services across the United States By the National Network to End Domestic ViolencePublished March 13, 2007. In November 2006, 1,243 out of 2,016 identified local domestic violence programs across the United States participated [...]

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