By Doug Bair Managing Editor, Generation Progress In an event at the White House last month, President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden launched the It’s On Us campaign in partnership with Generation Progress. In a culture where one in five women and one in 16 men are sexually assaulted in college, it is… Continue Reading It’s On Us to Shift How We Talk About Sexual Assault
By Hannah Brinson Violence Prevention Project Coordinator, YWCA Knoxville This Saturday marks the 20th Anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act, or VAWA. VAWA was enacted in 1994 and includes measures to keep victims safe, and to hold perpetrators accountable. Here at the YWCA in Knoxville, Tennessee, the funding provided by VAWA has revolutionized our… Continue Reading Recognizing the Importance of the Violence Against Women Act on Its 20th Anniversary
By Mike Domitrz Founder of The Date Safe Project START BEFORE THEY GET TO CAMPUS (in fact before they get to high school). To truly reduce sexual assault and sexual violence on college campuses, we need a movement focused on cultural transformation that takes place years before a college student steps on campus. If we really… Continue Reading If Our Country Wants to Reduce Sexual Assault on Campuses, We Must . . .
By Lara Pukatch Senior Global Development Manager, Women Thrive Worldwide It’s hard not to feel overwhelmed when you realize that one in three women worldwide will experience violence at some point during her lifetime. Or to feel powerless when you hear about the use of rape as a tool of control and humiliation in the… Continue Reading Empowering Communities to End Violence Against Women
By Fran Murphy Director, YWCA New Britain Sexual Assault Crisis Services Imagine a week without violence. Imagine people walking the streets at night without fear. Imagine sexual and domestic violence as faded memories of a long gone era. This is the vision of the global movement of the YWCA. This is what the YWCA Week… Continue Reading How Men Can End Violence Against Women, Boys and Girls