by womensdebate | Jul 7, 2016 | Personal Safety
The sexual abuse to prison pipeline, and its disproportionate effects on women of color and low-income women, is yet another demonstration of the relationships between: intimate partner violence, lack of mental health for low-income women, high rates of violence...
by womensdebate | Jun 6, 2016 | Personal Safety
The testing of nearly 5,000 forgotten and backlogged rape kits in Cuyahoga County has led to investigations, indictments, prosecutions—and, already more than 250 convictions. But besides bringing justice to long-ignored victims and taking scores of violent offenders...
by womensdebate | May 23, 2016 | Personal Safety
Twenty-three women sued Smith Barney for sexual harassment and pay discrimination in an explosive class-action lawsuit filed 20 years ago this month. It became known as the “boom-boom room” suit, named after a basement party room at Smith Barney’s branch office in...
by womensdebate | Feb 29, 2016 | Personal Safety
Vice President Joe Biden made a surprise speech at the Oscars last night to introduce Lady Gaga’s performance of “Til It Happens to You”… Source: Refinery29
by womensdebate | Feb 13, 2016 | Personal Safety
All it took was one blog post for Soraya Chemaly to see the boundless harassment women are subjected to online. Source: The Daily Dot
by womensdebate | Feb 8, 2016 | Personal Safety
President Barack Obama on Monday signed legislation named for a Hamilton girl that’s designed to alert foreign governments when registered sex offenders travel abroad. Source: NJ.com
