Ending rape culture: Now an international movement
OPINION - With the conclusion of the Steubenville rape case, we find ourselves poised at a watershed moment in our global fight to protect women from being vulnerable targets...
Obama signs new Violence Against Women Act
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says an expanded anti-violence bill is a "victory" for advocates and survivors of domestic violence.
Senate approves anti-violence against women act
WASHINGTON (AP) - By a robust bipartisan majority, the Senate voted Tuesday to renew the Violence Against Women Act with new assurances that gays and lesbians...
Democrats try again to extend Violence Against Women Act
WASHINGTON (AP) - Congressional Democrats have renewed their push to revive the key federal program that protects women against domestic violence..
The GOP 'war on women' is real
Republicans insist the Democrats’ claim of a “war on women” is simply a fairytale. Yet every week the GOP pushes another anti-woman policy that proves that …
Conyers accuses GOP of 'flat out attack on women'
Conyers (D-Mich.) is calling the GOP's revisions to the Violence Against Women Act -- which excludes immigrants, women of color, and Native Americans -- a 'flat out attack on women'...
Study: Violence changes the DNA of children
theGRIO REPORT - New research done in the field of neuroscience has found that early childhood abuse can leave effects beyond life-long emotional scars: it can change one's DNA...
Rep. Gwen Moore recounts her own rape
In a dramatic move, Democratic Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wisc.) recounted a sexual assault she endured during a speech she made on the House floor in support of re-authorizing the Violence Against Women Act...
