Violence Against Women

Is There Really A War on Women or Are Men Just Being Stupid?

Madeleine M. Kunin | Posted 05.29.2012

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Madeleine M. Kunin

When House Republicans stall on reauthorizing and expanding the Violence Against Women Act, they are blinding themselves to the everyday experiences of women's lives.

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The Taliban Is Aggressively Back in Action -- Are We Turning Our Back on the Women and Girls?

Greta Van Susteren | Posted 05.24.2012

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Greta Van Susteren

As we begin to leave Afghanistan, are we fooling ourselves about what we are leaving behind or what we have promised the people of Afghanistan? Especially the women and girls?

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No Country for Women

Elcin Poyrazlar | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Turkey, Violence Against Women, Honor Killings, Women's Rights, Child Brides, Female Representation, World News
Elcin Poyrazlar

I live in Istanbul, a mega-city, so I can't really say whether it is more conservative or religious. But there is certainly an air of submission where without being told, you have the instinct to shut your mouth.

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House VAWA Bill Ratchets Up Attacks on the Rights of Domestic Violence Survivors

Michelle Chen | Posted 05.17.2012

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Michelle Chen

By raising barriers to economic assistance and legal recourse, this legislation sends the message to countless women living in violent households that their place is still in the home.

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Murkowski Puts Pressure On GOP Over Contentious Act

Washington Post | Posted 05.16.2012

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It’s been widely reported that house Republicans are in a difficult spot over the Violence Against Women Act, at a time when the battle over the fem...

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Just Plain Wrong: House Republican Bill Undermines the Violence Against Women Act

Valerie Jarrett | Posted 05.16.2012

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Valerie Jarrett

A bill being considered in the House today seeks to roll back existing protection that keep women safe from the threat of violence. That is just plain wrong. Keeping women safe isn't about which political party you support -- it's about protecting basic human rights.

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Saving the Girl Child

Elischia Fludd | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Misogyny, Girls, Child Abuse, Violence Against Women, Obstetric Fistula, Breast-Ironing, Impact News
Elischia Fludd

Every day, somewhere in the world, a girl child struggles to live. In a world that still prefers the value of a male over a female, the girl child is already a miracle if she exists long enough to be born.

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Laura Bassett

Romney Bullying Story Creates Awkward Timing For House Vote

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 05.14.2012

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Last week's blockbuster report in the Washington Post that Mitt Romney bullied a closeted gay classmate in prep school creates a bit of uncomfortable ...

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I Can Tell Where This is Going: Signs of Aging in my Twenties

Kate Fridkis | Posted 05.14.2012

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Kate Fridkis

Maybe this is just what I look like at 26. Sometimes fresh, sometimes utterly tired. Sometimes taut, sometimes slackening. In flux. Which is what we all are, always, whether we know it or not.

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A Mother's Dream From War to Peace

Andrée Simon | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Motherhood, Violence Against Women, Kosovo, Mother's Day, Refugees, War, Impact News
Andrée Simon

This Mother's Day, and every day, my greatest dream for my children is peace and stability. That may not seem like much, but to me, it's everything.

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Laura Bassett

GOP Rejects $20 Million Increase For Violence Against Women Programs

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 05.10.2012

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House Republicans voted down an amendment to an appropriations bill on Thursday that would have increased funding for Violence Against Women Preventio...

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What Makes Women More Likely To Have Risky Sex?

The Huffington Post | Katherine Bindley | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Sexual Violence, Violence Against Women, Women-Sexual-Health, Violence, Risky Behavior, Women Sexuality, Women Sex, Women Sexual Health, Women News

Women who have experienced violence are more likely to engage in risky sexual behavior, according to a new study published in the journal Psychology o...

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What's a Girl to Think?

Carolita Johnson | Posted 04.27.2012

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Carolita Johnson

I mean, really. What do Republicans think we'll think? ...

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WATCH: Al Franken Weeps On Senate Floor

The Huffington Post | Melissa Jeltsen | Posted 04.26.2012

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Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) broke into tears on Thursday while giving a speech about the Violence Against Women Act. Franken was on the Senate floor ...

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Violence Against Women Act Helps Restore Lives

Mariska Hargitay | Posted 04.26.2012

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Mariska Hargitay

VAWA has protected, improved and restored lives. Reauthorization sends the message that our communities, our families -- and all people -- must be safe; that survivors must have the tools to heal and reclaim their lives; and that breaking the cycle of violence is an unassailable national priority.

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Why We Must Reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act Now

Sen. Amy Klobuchar | Posted 04.26.2012

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Sen. Amy Klobuchar

Domestic violence is not a partisan issue. We need a system that encourages victims to come forward. Not a system that discourages them from seeking help, or one that intimidates victims into staying in the shadows.

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Mad Women: How the Flames of Revolution Are Ignited

Barbara Hannah Grufferman | Posted 04.24.2012

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Barbara Hannah Grufferman

On Saturday, April 28th, the Unite Women March, will take place in every state across America.

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Reset the Clock

Elischia Fludd | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Violence, Youth Violence, Violence Against Women, Peace, Culture-of-Peace, Teenagers, Culture News
Elischia Fludd

Perhaps the nucleus to a better humanity is to practice deep listening, humility and reconstruct the harmful, seductive narratives of violence into healing, self-actualizing narratives of deliberate peace.

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Putting Women on the Agenda in Cartagena

Amanda Klasing | Posted 04.13.2012

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Amanda Klasing

Several weeks ago, I was in Cartagena speaking with women who have suffered unspeakable acts of violence mere miles from where the region's heads of state will gather in lavish style.

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Education and The Colonial Frontier: The Right Place for a Native American Man?

Lance A. Twitchell | Posted 04.13.2012

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Lance A. Twitchell

The classroom must become a different place if we are going to move away from mono-linguistic and mono-cultural mechanisms that destroy indigenous cultures and languages.

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Skoll Lesson Two: Be More Outrageous and Disruptive

Pat Mitchell | Posted 04.11.2012

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Pat Mitchell

If one billion whales, or anything else, were being violated or destroyed, the world would rise up and demand an end to violence. Yet, year after year, women and girls on every continent, in ever country, lose their lives to violence.

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Women, Violence and Meditation: Transcending Traumatic Stress

Jeanne Ball | Posted 04.09.2012

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Jeanne Ball

Deep within us is the silent, transcendental field of our awareness, which remains untouched by life's negative impressions.

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Sexual Assault Awareness: Not Just a Month

Ethan Miller | Posted 04.05.2012

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Ethan Miller

How do we end rape culture? We have to make sure these messages of change reach everyone within our campus communities, not just feminist activists and allies.

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A 365 Day-a-Year Problem

K. Sujata | Posted 04.04.2012

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K. Sujata

The backlash to Belvedere Vodka's ad offers us an opportunity to recognize the threat of sexual violence. Still, we cannot allow our fight to end violence against women be carried on the shoulders of brief surges of public outrage.

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The Darker Side of Greek Myths

Vicky Alvear Shecter | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Greek Myths, Violence Against Women, Ancient Greece, Blaming the Victim, Culture News
Vicky Alvear Shecter

It's not my place to shatter the illusion that the Greek myths are anything other than outrageously fascinating and fun stories from worlds long gone.Yet by telling these stories, I wonder if I'm somehow contributing to a culture that continues to blame the victims of violence.

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