Latest Domestic violence Stories
SILVER SPRING, Md., Oct. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- This past Sunday, California Governor Brown signed into law legislation that allows new sentencing and parole hearings for women incarcerated for killing their abusers. At these new hearings, judges and parole boards will have to take a victim's history of abuse into account. This is thanks in large part Brenda Clubine, a former inmate whose group Convicted Women Against Abuse was documented in the film Sin by Silence, which...
BALTIMORE, Oct. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In an effort to raise awareness, Verizon and Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler were joined on Thursday (Oct. 4) by Rep. Elijah Cummings to mark Domestic Violence Awareness Month and honor several Maryland nonprofits working to combat abuse against youth and adults. The Verizon Foundation is awarding grants to these nonprofits to aid in their efforts. Domestic violence and emotional abuse affect people who are married, unmarried,...
NEW YORK, Oct. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Tonight at 6:30 at the Eventi Hotel in New York City, A CALL TO MEN will be joined by celebrity actors, musicians and professional athletes to celebrate a decade working to empower men to live a healthy manhood and end violence against women. Among the numerous sponsors is filmmaker Perri Peltz. "A CALL TO MEN is honored to stand with our friends and partners and celebrate our collective effort to galvanize a national movement of men...
NORTHBROOK, Ill., Oct. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Domestic violence affects 145 women every hour in the U.S. On average, three women die every day as a result. In an effort to spark life-changing, important conversations on domestic violence, actress Rosario Dawson has joined forces with The Allstate Foundation to raise awareness with the Purple Purse campaign. As part of Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October, The Allstate Foundation has pledged to donate up to $175,000 to...
With domestic abuse on the rise, The American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry Charitable Foundation (AACDCF) is actively pursuing its mission to help survivors of intimate partner abuse restore damaged smiles and their confidence through the Give Back a Smile (GBAS) program. It’s the only national assistance program that focuses on repairing teeth due to intimate partner violence. (http://www.aacd.com) Madison, WI (PRWEB) October 01, 2012 With domestic abuse on the rise, The American...
Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online A recent national study has found that serious cases of child abuse have increased slightly over the last decade or longer, and has also suggested that downward trends found in previous studies have reflected more on reporting changes rather than real improvement in abuse cases. The Yale School of Medicine study, published in the November issue of Pediatrics (online Oct. 1), showed that between 1997 and 2009, cases of serious...
With October being National Domestic Violence Month, it’s appropriate to focus on the issue of anger in the workplace. While workplace anger incidents in professional settings don’t usually spiral to physical violence, and they don’t always have a domestic cause, there are some common denominators. Anger can have far-reaching effects on both careers and personal lives, something attorney Stacie Patterson, who specializes in professional license and criminal defense, knows all too...
The Joint to donate 50% of proceeds from their Grand Opening to local YWCA’s Inaugural Facebook Financial Literacy Campaign for victims of domestic violence. Glendale, California (PRWEB) September 28, 2012 October is domestic violence awareness month, and The YWCA in Glendale is teaming up with a neighboring business, The Joint…the chiropractic place, to give victims of domestic violence a chance to break the cycle. On October 1st, the YWCA Glendale will kick off its first ever...
Private cloud eliminates downtime typically associated with office relocation. (PRWEB) September 28, 2012 ProviDyn, a provider of IT support, strategy and services for small and medium-sized businesses, announced today that its longstanding client, Partnership Against Domestic Violence (PADV), has relocated its headquarters with minimal downtime, taking advantage of ProviDyn’s private cloud. When migrating to the cloud almost a year ago, PADV immediately realized the benefits of lower...
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Sept. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Twenty-five percent of women will experience domestic violence at some point during their lifetime, with more than one million women victimized by domestic violence every year in the United States. October is the 26(th) annual national Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM). It is a time to focus additional attention on an epidemic that destroys lives and families, and to find and invest in remedies to end domestic violence. Special...
