Intimate partner violence

Protesters want investigation into Loudoun judge who jailed domestic violence victim

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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

Increasing Femicides in Mexico and Elsewhere: What Can Be Done?

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Femicide is defined as a sex-based hate crime, “the intentional killing of females because they are females” Every year, about 66,000 women are killed violently across the globe. Mexico has been experiencing a crisis of femicides. The rate has more than doubled with 3580 women being killed in 2018. Fresh outrage has been sparked in … Read more

Op-Ed Intimate Partner Violence in China

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Diamond Ragin As reported by Emily Ruahala, Chinese woman Li Hongxia, age 23, was brutally strangled to death in a hospital by her husband after years of enduring physical abuse. Her own family members discouraged her from seeking a divorce despite knowing about the abuse because they believed it would give her a bad reputation … Read more

Umoja – a village with no men

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http://www.umojawomen.or.ke/ Umoja is a village in Kenya, I had seen a video on Facebook and decided to do a little more digging into this village. The name of the village in Swahili means “unity”. This village has banned men from itself, it was founded in 1990 by female survivors of rape and sexual violence, but … Read more

Half The Battle, On Women In Combat

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Thomas Hennessey http://wgbhnews.org/post/half-battle-women-combat As Veteran’s day approaches (November 9) the discussion of women in combat heats up once again.  In this article Callie Crossley discusses why imagery of women serving is not seen all that often during Veteran’s day celebration despite it being well known that women serve right along side men. The author states that she … Read more

Ray Rice hopes to work for NFL, raise awareness of domestic violence

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Thomas Hennessey http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/14080377/ray-rice-hopes-work-nfl-raise-awareness-domestic-violence An article released by ESPN announced that Ray Rice would like to work with the NFL to raise awareness for domestic violence.  This announcement came during an interview with the former Baltimore Ravens running back in which he stated that if he did not get another chance to play in the NFL … Read more

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month

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Thomas Hennessey https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/09/30/presidential-proclamation-national-domestic-violence-awareness-month http://www.ncdoj.gov/getdoc/43e3cd15-65fb-409a-a71d-726f3dc92bf8/2013-Report-on-Domestic-Violence-Related-Homicides.aspx I am going to both apologize and warn you in advance that this post is not a news article exactly. As some of you may know October is Domestic Violence awareness month in the United States. This awareness month came from a day of solidarity in the early 1980’s, in 1989 … Read more

Pitt County Announces Domestic Violence Prevention Strategy

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Thomas Hennessey http://wnct.com/2015/09/30/pitt-county-law-enforcement-agencies-launching-new-program-to-prevent-domestic-violence/ This week Pitt County law enforcement agencies announced a strategy that they believe will decrease domestic violence. The strategy is titled “Legality Assessment Program” or “LAP” and according to the article it is a preventative strike at domestic violence.  The program has created 11 questions that can be used to evaluate a … Read more

Intimate Domestic Violence: African American Women

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Institutional and internalized racism significantly contributes to African American misogyny and domestic violence. The problem is as old as African American slavery and the 19th century Freedmen’s Bureau (Hubbert 2011:129) contains a list of complaints about domestic violence from African American women by their husbands and boyfriends. African American women presently experience domestic violence 35% more than … Read more

does Stand Your Ground protect battered women?

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Can Women Stand Their Ground? Depends On the Target. Marissa Alexander was a battered woman who was trained to use a weapon, had a concealed carry permit, and had a court injunction against her husband. She was sentenced to 20 years in prison for firing a warning shot at the ceiling – a shot that … Read more