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Connecting Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
As Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) draws to a close, the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) would like to thank our colleagues who advocate for survivors of sexual violence, and address the myth that sexual assault and domestic violence are completely separate issues.
Date added: April 28, 2016Join WomensLaw for Upcoming Webinars on Civil Court Basics
WomensLaw, a project of the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV), invites you to join our upcoming bilingual webinar series on Preparing Victims for Civil Court.
Date added: April 25, 2016Celebrating the 2016 Champions of Change
In September 2014 President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden launched It's On Us, an education based campaign focusing on sexual assault prevention and awareness on college campuses, by advocating a cultural shift around the way sexual assault is addressed.
Date added: April 18, 2016Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Factsheet
Highlights incidence, prevalence, and severity, impacts on children and youth, economic costs, progress made, and the overwhelming needs that remain.
Date added: April 14, 2016Only Smile if You Want To: Taking Strides to End Street Harassment
Street harassment is not a compliment; it is a symptom of rape culture that affects women every day.
Date added: April 14, 2016Serving Survivors and Building Trust through WomensLaw
April 10-16, 2016 marks National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, sponsored by the Office of Victims of Crime. This year’s theme, Serving Victims. Building Trust. Restoring Hope., highlights how important it is that advocates build relationships and rapport with the survivors we serve.
Date added: April 13, 2016Still Unequal on Equal Pay Day
It’s time to stop sidelining the issue of pay inequality. The wage gap between working women and men in the United States continues to perpetuate inequality. According to statistics released in 2012 by the United States Census Bureau, women are paid, on average, 78 cents for every dollar their male counterparts are paid. [1] Equal Pay Day, observed this year on April 12, represents how far into 2016 the average woman must work in order to earn what white men earned in 2015.
Date added: April 12, 2016Spring Share-A-Haircut Campaign to Benefit Victims of Domestic Violence
Hair Cuttery and the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) are joining forces for Hair Cuttery’s latest iteration of its Share-A-Haircut program. On Monday and Tuesday, May 2-3, for every haircut purchased at one of Hair Cuttery’s nearly 900 salons, a free haircut certificate will be donated to a victim of domestic violence through NNEDV’s member programs.
Date added: April 11, 2016Honoring National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
Youth (ages 13-24) account for 26 percent of new infections and over 50 percent of youth infected with HIV are unaware of their status. Furthermore, in 2010, Black youth accounted for an estimated 57 percent of all new HIV infections among youth in the United States, followed by Hispanic/Latino (20 percent) and white (20 percent) youth. An intersectional approach that is informed by community voices is needed in order to eradicate HIV/AIDS. Services, outreach, education, and support need to be accessible to youth in marginalized communities.
Date added: April 10, 2016Honoring Sexual Assault Awareness Month this April 2016
Each year, April is recognized as Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM). At the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV), we support and honor anti-sexual assault work as an intrinsic part of working to end domestic violence, because domestic violence often includes sexual abuse. While the vast majority of sexual assaults are committed by someone who is not a current or former partner of the victim, the root causes of all forms of gender-based violence are the same, so work to end one kind of victimization will have a positive impact and help end other forms of violence as well.
Date added: April 8, 2016