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The Democratic-controlled US House of Representatives has passed a health care bill backed by President Barack Obama that includes a far-reaching attack on abortion rights.
The Affordable Health Care for America Act includes a measure, the Stupak-Pitts amendment, that would ban insurance companies participating in health care “exchanges” from covering abortion procedures in plans subsidized by [...]
Domestic violence killings in New York state more than doubled other types of homicides over a recent one-year period, statistics revealed last week.
The data issued by the state Division of Criminal Justice Services showed a near 25 percent spike in the number of “intimate partner” homicides from 2007 to 2008 — and the increase [...]
As lawmakers struggle to form a government three months after Lebanon’s parliamentary elections, women’s rights activists await the opening of parliament to debate a new bill on domestic violence.
Ghida Anani, programme coordinator of KAFA, a Lebanese organization campaigning against violence and the exploitation of women, estimates that as many as three-quarters of all Lebanese women [...]
The complexities surrounding domestic violence are being complicated by a new factor: The prevalence and easy access to pornography.
More women requesting help are reporting that their abuser views pornography, according to officials who work with abused women.
“Five years ago pornography wasn’t something we talked about,” said Kay Card, director of Safe Harbor, a women’s [...]
From North Dakota to Arizona, strong, talented, accomplished Native American women are taking up the challenge of protecting themselves and their sisters, their mothers and aunts, their grandmothers and granddaughters, from the devastation of domestic violence and sexual assault.
The level of violence against women and children in the U.S. is appalling, and the numbers for [...]
The South Australian Government says a planned strengthening of domestic violence laws will let police immediately order an abuser away from the victim or the family home.
Attorney-General Michael Atkinson says until now women had to wait until they are assaulted more than once before a court could order a partner to stay away.
He says new [...]
In a bid to control the domestic violence against women, the Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare of Nepal has decided to set up service centers in 15 districts of the country, Nepali national news agency RSS reported last week.
According to joint secretary at the ministry Ratna Kaji Bajracharya, the ministry took this [...]
When health officials talk of the need for “behaviour change” as the only way to end the AIDS onslaught, they are not just talking about change in sexual behaviour, but change in the way men treat women and girls in our society.
The more “in control” a woman or girl is of her life, the [...]
In an order that will provide relief to hundreds of domestic violence victims, the Bombay high court ruled that a court hearing such a case need not wait for a report filed by the protection officer before awarding interim compensation.
Justice R Y Ganoo said courts that dealt with domestic violence cases could take a [...]
Pakistan moved towards outlawing domestic violence when lawmakers approved a bill that will punish those found guilty of beating women or children with jail terms and fines.
The law was passed unanimously in the lower house of parliament or national assembly, Yasmi Rehman from the main ruling Pakistan People’s Party told AFP, hailing what she called [...]
In 2007 Sierra Leone passed innovative laws aimed at reinforcing women’s rights and clamping down on sexual violence, but as the government and social services struggle to implement the laws crimes against women remain rampant, officials say.
Up to 67 percent of urban Sierra Leonean women were victims of domestic violence in 2008, Fatu Kargbo, a [...]
Global AIDS Alliance executive director Dr. Paul Zeitz issued the following statement today on the eve of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s departure for a seven-nation tour of Africa:
“We applaud Secretary Clinton’s decision to visit Africa next week and her decision to focus attention during her visit on preventing conflict and violence, including gender-based violence, [...]
The report “Out of Court Resolutions of Violence Against Women” has been written as a part of the project “Ending violence against Women”. The aim of the report is to convey an idea of the perceptions of domestic violence and resolution of domestic violence at the community level. In interviewing over 300 people in five [...]
Who can you turn to when doors suddenly close in your face; when your boyfriend is nowhere to be seen, and your own family can’t look you in the eye? For young women who find themselves victims of unfortunate circumstances and bad choices, three shelters provide a safe haven no matter how bad things get. [...]
Female immigrants who have experienced domestic violence can now seek asylum in the United States, thanks to a decision made by the Obama administration in a recent immigration appeals court filing, the New York Times reported July 16.
The case involved a Mexican woman who said her husband had repeatedly raped her at gunpoint, held [...]
Mumbai Victims of domestic violence incidents that have happened even before the Act came into force can now heave a sigh of relief as the Bombay High Court on Saturday held that provisions of the Protection of Women against Domestic Violence (DV) Act, 2005, will apply retrospectively.
This order means that women can seek benefit [...]
Domestic violence cases of the rich and famous have made the front page recently, with cases like that of Manohara, the model-turned-Malaysian-princess who was allegedly assaulted by her husband. A sadder picture of dangdut singer Cici Paramida with an apparent broken jaw, who claims her violent husband tried to run her over, added to the [...]
The Mozambican parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, passed the first reading of a bill on domestic violence against women, severely increasing the penalties for such violence.
Up until now, there has been no such crime as domestic violence on the Mozambican statute book. When a husband beat up his wife, this was treated as a [...]
Domestic violence is a major developmental challenge across the world. It cuts across race, gender, age, class and ethnic differences.
The Domestic relations Bill, that was tabled in Parliament by the state minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Fred Ruhindi recently, casts a ray of hope for many people.
If passed, it will put to [...]
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Guyana must now be one of the most dangerous places for a woman to live
28 July 2009 in Domestic Violence, Men Against VAW, Opinion Comment, South America, Violence Against Women
Since January, over twenty women have been murdered at the hands of men they knew, the most recent and horrific crimes involving a son allegedly locking his mother in a room and beating her to death and a spurned ex-lover allegedly setting in wait and killing the mother of the woman he wanted to marry. [...]