Joe Torre rules the Dodger dugout, but his confidence wasn't always so high. The 55-year-old baseball manager opened up to the Los Angeles Times about...
Trish Kinney | Posted 11.10.2009 | Entertainment
Anytime abuse and violence against women hits the news, usually by way of celebrities, it is a rare opportunity for awareness and education surrounding an issue that most people would prefer to ignore.
nypost.com | Posted 10.29.2009 | New York
Hot-headed NY1 political anchor Dominic Carter is due in court today after being accused by his wife of punching, choking and kicking her in their sub...
Huffington Post | Jonathan Daniel Harris | Posted 10.23.2009 | Impact
A woman's struggle with domestic violence doesn't always end after escape from the abuser. As Annette John-Hall reports in the Philadelphia Inquirer, ...
Huffington Post | Victoria Fine | Posted 10.22.2009 | Impact
As part of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, The Allstate Foundation and actress Mira Sorvino are encouraging American women to begin a discussion of...
Posted 10.13.2009 | Impact
Text From Associated Press: WASHINGTON - Justice Department officials said Wednesday that most children in the United States are exposed to violence ...
Joe Territo | Posted 09.29.2009 | New York
John Paragano, the estranged husband of New York Radio DJ Diane Prior, today pleaded guilty of pushing her while in an argument two years ago at their...
Huffington Post | Posted 11.21.2009 | World
Violence against women in Afghanistan has risen to a disturbing level since the fall of the Taliban eight years ago. Regardless of a woman's marital s...
Joanne Bamberger | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics
Many people who are against health care reform claim that a public option will result in rationing. But if denying a beaten woman coverage doesn't amount to rationing, what is it?
Fox 31 | Fox 31 | Posted 10.23.2009 | Home
Denver Bronco' Richard Quinn was arrested on suspicion of physical abuse and restraining his girlfriend on Labor Day....
Sabria Jawhar | Posted 09.27.2009 | World
A battle is brewing among Saudi women over the touchy issue of male guardianship. Pressure from outside the country has been building to abolish the laws, and female activists have led the charge.
Naveen Naqvi | Posted 09.10.2009 | World
In third world countries such as Pakistan, domestic violence is a huge problem. At the moment, however, Pakistani humanitarian agencies and women's rights groups are cautiously celebrating.
Daily Times | Posted 09.07.2009 | World
The National Assembly on Tuesday passed a bill on protection against domestic violence covering all types of repressive and abusive behavior against v...
Jaclyn Friedman | Posted 09.05.2009 | Entertainment
We need to ask what kind of sentence will help ensure Brown -- and men all over the country just like him -- never beats another woman.
tmz.com | Posted Jul 2nd 2009 12:04PM by TMZ Staff | Posted 08.02.2009 | Entertainment
We've learned Gary Coleman's wife was arrested last night for domestic violence and disorderly conduct in Santaquin, Utah -- where the couple has a ho...
New York Post | Posted 06.27.2009 | Business
The CEO of the nation's largest linen company went berserk and brutally beat his housemaid in his posh Upper East Side apartment -- leaving her with s...
Qanta Ahmed, MD | Posted 06.23.2009 | World
Dr. Al Muneef is fully realizing the potential of many Saudi women. While to the West she and many activists like her may remain invisible, her actions are not only visible but emphatically palpable.
Nick Turse | Posted 06.11.2009 | Politics
There is an increasing number of women caught between violence in the home and the violence of being moneyless, powerless, and alone in the world.
Nick Turse | Posted 06.11.2009 | Politics
There is an increasing number of women caught between violence in the home and the violence of being moneyless, powerless, and alone in the world.
Deborah King | Posted 04.20.2009 | Entertainment
We think we've come a long way, baby. Not! Today's teens have shown that we're still living out patriarchal myths dating back at least five thousand y...
Abby L. Ferber | Posted 04.19.2009 | Living
This incident provides us with an opportunity to engage in a broader discussion about violence against women.
Bakari Kitwana | Posted 04.19.2009 | Entertainment
Now is not the time for young people inspired during the election cycle to fall into complacency. Instead, their energy should be channeled into the fight to end domestic violence.
Stanton Peele | Posted 04.18.2009 | Entertainment
Advocates are railing against Brown after Rihanna has returned to him, while cautiously chiding the victim for her failure to take the needed steps, both for women at large, and to preserve her own well-being.
Mike Alvear | Posted 04.16.2009 | Entertainment
At the risk of blaming the victim, I have to voice a bit of collective anger about Rihanna's decision to go back to Chris Brown.
Posted 11.10.2009 | Impact