According to the Center for Disease Control, the health-related costs of rape, physical assault, stalking, and homicide  by intimate partners  exceed $5.8 billion each year. Of this total, nearly $4.1 billion  are for direct medical  and  mental health care services.

Productivity losses  account for nearly  $1.8 billion  and victims  of severe domestic violence  lose nearly 8 million days of paid work yearly.

This represents  a huge cost  to industry. Co-workers of victims  are also aff...

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Women need the support of women in their lives. And if you don’t believe that here is a statement from Yale University anthropologist David Levinson based on a study he did on family violence. Mr. Levinson cites the following based on his research “women’s economic power and solidarity with other women is a powerful predictor of the absence of wife beating.”

Women who have endured domestic violence have not only been isolated from family but also not allowed to have friends. The abus...

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The National Domestic Violence Hotline (http://www.ndvh.org/) receives over 21,000 calls per month from victims, survivors, family and friends, law enforcement professionals and the general public. The Hotline has advocates who provide support and assistance to anyone involved in a domestic violence situation, including same-sex relationships, male survivors, those with disabilities and immigrant victims of domestic violence. All calls to the National Domestic Violence Hotline are anonymous a...

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Shengyl Rasimon is dead.  She was not an actress, not a pop star, not a model, she was not someone who we read about in the tabloids or see on the red carpet, she was a wife in West Haven Connecticut who was murdered by her husband. “The shooting happened just hours after Ozdemir (her husband) was arrested for the second time in four months on domestic violence charges.”

Shengyl died on January 17, 2010 she was shot by her husband who then turned the gun on himself.

Shengylwas 25 years ol...

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January is National Stalking Awareness Month. 

Stalking is a serious issue. Did you know that 3 out of 4 stalking victims are stalked by someone they know? Did you know that 30% of stalking victims are stalked by a current or former intimate partner? Did you know that 67% of intimate partner stalking victims have been physically abused by their intimate partner?

These statistics along with others can be found at www.stalkingawarenessmonth.org. Stalking is a serious problem and frightening ...

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An article appeared in the New Jersey The Star Ledger on November 22, 2009 and talks about a new advertising campaign to alert Hispanic women about how to obtain help with domestic violence.

The campaign is a billboard campaign which alerts Hispanic community that they can get help with domestic violence.  The billboards are in Spanish with the message, "Just like flowers, we grow with love and respect. Not with abuse."

Latina women often don’t get help for domestic violence because their...

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There's an interesting article in yesterday's Columbus Dispatch about a new program established in Columbus Ohio. "The Columbus Coalition Against Family Violence" unveiled a training program yesterday to help police officers make the right call when responding to a report of domestic violence".

The guide can be found on The Columbus Coalition Website.

 

 

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