Imagine walking down the street and being brutally assaulted, you ask your perpetrator why they are attacking you and they simply say, “because you’re a woman” then he kills you. In Latin America, this is a scenario that every woman fear will happen if she leaves the house. Femicide is described as … Read more
https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/protesters-want-investigation-into-loudoun-judge-who-jailed-domestic-violence-victim/article_78f12eca-1d46-11ec-85a7-ff1c998ecc04.html A judge, during testimony in a domestic violence case, sentenced the alleged victim of the domestic violence to 10 days in jail for smoking marijuana the morning of the trial, which was held in the afternoon. Last name Orndoff, was testifying against her current boyfriend on domestic abuse charges when the judge interrupted and … Read more
Efforts to stop the spread of the coronavirus have led to higher rates of domestic abuse, creating dangerous environments for women in unfortunate circumstances. The danger increases the longer stay-at-home orders remain in place. As families spend more time together, domestic abuse also increases. While experts predicted the spike in domestic violence, governments failed to … Read more
With new variants of the Corona Virus showing up more regularly, it is possible that another lockdown is upon us. With the article I chose to reference, it talks about how during the lockdown, Domestic Violence cases rose in 7 countries. The article mentions the United States DV cases increasing by 8.1% during stay at … Read more
This mystery has been talked about nationally for the last week or so. I found this whole missing persons case extremely interesting, as well as so many others. Gabby Petito was a 22 year old girl who went on a cross country trip with her fiance, Brian Laundrie. By the end of August, she was … Read more
Survivors of domestic abuse continue to battle their past long after the abuse has stopped.This was the case for many women who have walked into Judge Anonthey McGinty’s courtroom. McGinty is a family court judge in Upstate New York that has been accused of favoring abusive men in custody suits. Fancesca Amato is just one … Read more
In a society like today where domestic violence and sexual abuse is high, I wonder how things would be if more countries were to take similar steps to Russia and have more feminists in positions of power. Would society change greatly and cater more to women than men or would things balance out? I personally … Read more
A 22-year-old woman named Gabby Petito and her boyfriend Brian Laundrie went on a cross country trip in June 2021. Brian returned home but Gabby did not. She recorded majority of their vacation and kept in touch with her family members. However, this communication ended in August. On August 12th a police officer stopped the … Read more
As lock-down mandates began to take effect across the globe due to the COVID-19 pandemic another pandemic followed. The Shadow Pandemic refers to the increased reports of domestic abuses cases against women and children after the COVID-19 took the world by storm. The UN Women created the Shadow Pandemic Campaign on May 27th 2020 during … Read more
A female who suffered daily abuse by her boyfriend and attempted to escape by seeking asylum in the United States, views her situation as hopeless since Attorney General Sessions has renounced domestic violence being a reason for granting asylum to battered women. Should we arbitrarily rule out these women’s claims just because they are attempting … Read more