VAWA
Sexual Assault Awareness Month: The Immigrant Connection
Wed, 04/06/2011 - 12:57pm — AnonymousBy: James Porter*
Did you have tomatoes on your sandwich for lunch? Did you tell the employee at the deli to add extra onions? Maybe you will go home this evening and relax with a nice glass of California Chardonnay? It is likely that some, if not all of these items will have passed through the hands of an immigrant woman.
Immigrants and National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Mon, 10/18/2010 - 10:28am — AnonymousBy: Julia Alanen*
Each year, approximately 1.4 million persons are physically assaulted by an intimate partner in the United States, according to the National Institute for Justice. Domestic violence can include physical, sexual, psychological, emotional or even financial abuse. It can occur in public or in private life. Domestic violence cuts across gender, race, ethnicity, age and socio-economic lines. The victim can be male or female, and a batterer can be the victim’s spouse, child, parent or other family member. Domestic violence can occur within the context of marriage, live-in family members, dating or in a non-intimate co-parenting relationship.
Forced Marriage of Minor Girls in the U.S.
Tue, 03/09/2010 - 11:39am — AnonymousBy Julia Alanen
Each year in the United States, underage girls are forced into marriages by their parents or close family members. This practice has garnered little attention in the U. S., to date.
