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Sustaining a Movement to Prevent Violence Against Women: Report on Web...
This week over 300 people join Prevention Connection‘s most recent web conference titled Sustaining a Movement to Prevent Violence Against Women. Participants engaged lively conversations about what...
View ArticleViolence Against Women as a Human Rights Violation
When violence against women is described in international work it is seen as a human rights issue. When violence against women is described in the United States it is typically framed as a “personal...
View ArticleIntersection of Human Rights and Violence Against Women
The journal Violence Against Women has published online a study suggesting that a human rights approach is more holistic. As I have blogged before, a human rights approach to violence against women...
View ArticleResponsibility and blame
When I have hired staff or recruited volunteers for domestic violence or sexual assault organizations, I did not necessary look for extensive knowledge about the issues. I wanted to see if and how they...
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Together we must!
UNIFEM and ActionAid released a new report that profiles innovative approaches to addressing violence against women and girls (VAWG) and HIV & AIDS. Together We Must! End Violence against Women...
View ArticleLosing the "gender" in gender-based violence
Gender based violence is a term used throughout the world. That is, used everywhere except the United States. Here we use a wide range of terms: domestic violence, intimate partner violence and dating...
View ArticleHow do men get involved in ending violence against women work?
As a man working in sexual violence and domestic violence movement, frequently I am asked “why do you do this work?” Why do people ask this question? Is it because they ask everyone (female and male)...
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Do teen magazines educate on dating violence?
Photo from midniteboom, 2010 on Flickr In this world of online media, social networking and blogs, teen magazines are still have a large presence (for example Seventeen’s circulation is still over 2...
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Research on bystander programs highlighted in journal
The June 2011 issue of the journal Violence Against Women will include many articles about research on bystander programs designed to prevent sexual violence and domestic violence. It is great to see...
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Anti-Street Harassment Week is coming! Here’s how you can get involved…
CALCASA is joining multiple national, state, and local partners to celebrate Anti-Street Harassment week this March 18-24. We appreciate the hard work of “Meet Us On the Street” and the core team of...
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3 ideas for personal action to fight street harassment
Why should we care about street harassment? Thembi Ford at Clutch magazine writes: Whistles, arm-grabs, flashing, random sexual comments and insults, thrown objects, or even just what pretends to be...
View ArticleInternational Anti-Street Harassment Week Recap
Guest post from Holly Kearl, the lead organizer of International Anti-Street Harassment Week. Thousands of people worldwide collectively spoke out against street harassment during the first ever...
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Sharing resources: A conversation with UN Women
Knowledge is Key to Ending Violence Against Women I recently had an opportunity to talk with Dina Deligiorgis, the Knowledge Management Specialist on ending violence against women at UN Women. I am...
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Envision. Act. Prevent – Using a gender analysis in prevention
Left to right: David Lee, Monika Johnson Hostler, Joan Tabachnick, Mary Lauby, Isa Woldeguiorguis On October 25, 2012, PreventConnect’s David Lee joined a panel discussion about a social justice...
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It doesn’t matter what you call it. It’s still victim blaming.
This past Friday, a conservative member of the British Parliament told advised women to avoid being raped by practicing “risk management”, i.e. not wearing short skirts and high heels. MP Richard...
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New report: Intersection between HIV/AIDS, violence against women, &...
In this podcast, Greta Massetti, Chief of the Research and Evaluation Branch at the Division of Violence Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Donna Greco, Training and Technical...
View ArticleCollaborations and connections in prevention work: Beyond the usual suspects
Watch this vlog to hear from PreventConnect’s Ashley Maier regarding a recent event she attended and how that relates to expanding our prevention presence and messages.
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Anti-Street Harassment Week is coming! Here’s how you can get involved…
CALCASA is joining multiple national, state, and local partners to celebrate Anti-Street Harassment week this March 18-24. We appreciate the hard work of “Meet Us On the Street” and the core team of...
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3 ideas for personal action to fight street harassment
Why should we care about street harassment? Thembi Ford at Clutch magazine writes: Whistles, arm-grabs, flashing, random sexual comments and insults, thrown objects, or even just what pretends to be...
View ArticleInternational Anti-Street Harassment Week Recap
Guest post from Holly Kearl, the lead organizer of International Anti-Street Harassment Week. Thousands of people worldwide collectively spoke out against street harassment during the first ever...
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