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6 Jun 2022, 10:47 am by Associated Press
Advocates and legal experts fear that the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard case will have a real-world chilling effect on women coming forward with abuse claims. [read post]
” The post HRW raises concerns over fraud charges against Kazakhstan women’s rights advocate appeared first on JURIST - News. [read post]
7 Aug 2008, 4:58 pm
Girl reports the same thing to court-appointed investigators / advocates for her. [read post]
28 Jan 2019, 9:30 am
Because Black women and girls have historically been dehumanized, considered unrapeable, and left without legal recourse, they become easier targets for abuse and are more reluctant to come forward. [read post]
3 Jul 2014, 9:46 am
She was honoured “for advocating on behalf of women who are marginalized, victimized or incarcerated, and for her research on women in the criminal justice system. [read post]
11 Jun 2012, 7:12 am by Legal Beagle
Her action is the latest result of a series of unsubstantiated child sex abuse allegations made by Hollie Greig, a young Aberdeen women with Down's Syndrome, more than a decade ago. [read post]
27 Feb 2014, 10:31 am
The first part of the plan involves subsidies that would allow a number of women’s groups — on a pilot-project basis over two or three years — to hire in-house counsel.Track says professional legal advice is critical at these organizations, where a legal vacuum has thrust social workers and women’s advocates into a role to which they’re wholly unsuited. [read post]
3 Nov 2011, 4:00 am by Law Offices of Scott David Stewart
An advocate at a local domestic abuse shelter can advise you and help you with these and other steps to freedom. [read post]
29 Jun 2014, 5:00 pm
In Alabama, a defendant should consult with an experienced legal advocate who can explore all available defenses. [read post]
29 Jan 2024, 8:56 am by Lucie Gulino
On October 10, 2023, Massachusetts had the highest number of advocates in the nation ever testify in front of the legislature in favor of anti-abuse legislation in the workplace. [read post]
5 Feb 2015, 7:06 am by Robert Kraft
WomensLaw began in February 2000, and is founded by a group of lawyers, teachers, advocates, and web designers interested in using the Internet to educate domestic abuse survivors about their legal rights and ways to get help. [read post]
19 Apr 2010, 6:00 am by Steven Peck
Contact Steven Peck's Premier Legal toll free at 1.866.999.9085 to talk to an experienced California Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect Attorney and visit us on-line at www.premierlegal.org. [read post]
18 Mar 2010, 2:11 pm by Stephanie Bloom, Women's Rights Project
Contrary to some misconceptions, gender discrimination and human rights abuses occur right here at home, not only in other countries. [read post]
10 Nov 2015, 8:29 am by Matthew L.M. Fletcher
Here is the blurb: How to address widespread violence against Native women—practically, theoretically, and legally—from the foremost advocate for understanding and change The Beginning and End of Rape makes available the powerful writings in which Sarah Deer, who played a crucial role in the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act in 2013, has advocated for cultural and legal reforms to protect Native women from… [read post]
14 Oct 2016, 8:57 am by Tracy Thomas
Carolyn Ramsey, The Stereotyped Offender: Domestic Violence and the Failure of Intervention, 120 Penn State L.Rev. 337 (2015) Abstract: Scholars and battered women’s advocates now recognize that many facets of the legal response to intimate-partner abuse stereotype victims and harm... [read post]
4 Jul 2018, 6:00 am by umbrella
The domestic abuse victims who spoke to The New York Times about this issue were all women, most were from wealthy areas where use of this technology is more common. [read post]
4 Jul 2018, 6:00 am by umbrella
The domestic abuse victims who spoke to The New York Times about this issue were all women, most were from wealthy areas where use of this technology is more common. [read post]
30 Jun 2021, 9:01 pm by Lesley Wexler
Many see this call as an opportunity to advocate for conservatorshipreform and to reckon with misogynistic media portrayals of famous young women. [read post]