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1 Mar 2022, 9:03 pm
The latest reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act would grant tribal authorities jurisdiction over non-Native domestic and sexual abusers who offend on tribal land. [read post]
4 Dec 2020, 10:38 am
Reinstating both rules will lay a legal foundation for fair housing for all.Remove barriers to workplace equality for women.The COVID-19 pandemic has put women at the center of the most unequal recession in modern American history; more than 2 million women have left the workforce since January 2020, with Black women and other women of color hit the hardest. [read post]
4 Sep 2023, 12:14 pm
This urgency to advocate for justice and shed light on the issue of child domestic labor follows recent cases of abuse against several child workers. [read post]
12 Jan 2021, 9:14 am
The Center for Women’s Justice (CWJ), which has long advocated for the change, underlined the physical impact of strangulation in a press release, saying “lack of oxygen can lead to long-term brain damage and even stroke. [read post]
31 Mar 2010, 11:00 am
Mathieu Eugene (D-Brooklyn), honored sixteen women for their immeasurable contributions to education, the arts, social work, health and wellness, legal aid, faith-based initiatives, and humanitarian efforts. [read post]
21 Oct 2015, 6:50 am
From 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]
5 May 2014, 6:07 am
Chattel is property, and until the mid-nineteenth century women were legally considered chattel: in England they could not take title to property, could not inherit and could not enforce contracts until the women’s emancipation movement changed women from chattel to persons. [read post]
9 Mar 2016, 11:30 am
In all of these cases, the ACLU helped mobilize women’s advocates to submit dozens of “friend of the court” briefs. [read post]
10 Jan 2010, 4:30 am
For the project, FCADV advocates interviewed numerous abuse survivors and advocates across Florida, including Jacksonville divorce attorneys. [read post]
1 Apr 2021, 7:28 am
That work identified the crisis that continues to this day — people and institutions ignore the violence and abuse committed against Black women and other women of color. [read post]
27 Jan 2011, 12:49 pm
You should explore your legal options right away. [read post]
16 Jun 2012, 8:14 am
Not only do they unfairly charge their lovers with domestic abuse but they make the legal system more suspicions of, and therefore more cautious in handling, legitimate claims of domestic abuse. [read post]
22 Jan 2018, 5:46 pm
Gerry Cardinale writes about why we must help women to escape from abusive relationships, ensure that abuse can be identified and reported by law enforcement, and prevent overzealous prosecutors from blaming and imprisoning victims of domestic violence. [read post]
8 Mar 2019, 2:30 pm
The future is suddenly looking uncertain for two of the most important organizations advocating for human rights in the Western Hemisphere. [read post]
13 Mar 2020, 12:24 am
Women will want to turn to experienced attorneys, including several women at Levin & Perconti, who have spent their careers serving not only as legal counsel, but as compassionate listeners and fierce advocates for justice for women through every stage of life, including pregnancy and childbirth. [read post]
26 Dec 2015, 8:21 pm
WC&S provides emergency shelter for women and children fleeing abusive relationships. [read post]
9 Dec 2021, 3:30 am
Legal scholars, including critical scholars on gender, have long worked to critique discriminatory aspects of law, and women’s rights advocates have tirelessly sought to bring about greater gender equality for all around the world. [read post]
21 Feb 2012, 4:10 am
She stepped down from her post as Lord Advocate in May 2011, and is currently chairing a Commission of Inquiry on Women Offenders in Scotland, as well as practising as an advocate at the Scottish Bar. [read post]
27 Jul 2016, 9:01 pm
Indeed, there are many subcategories of the sex abuse universe that you could have tapped, and it would have galvanized voters.Think of this: you could have filled the stage with just the mothers and fathers of victims who died from suicide or a drug overdose as a result of the damage from the abuse and the failures of the legal system. [read post]
19 Nov 2010, 12:53 pm
It can be a crucial tool to reduce violence and discrimination against women and girls, ensure girls and women receive the same access as boys and men to education and health care, and secure basic legal recourse to women and girls against violations and abuses of their human rights. [read post]
