Tag Archives: violence

Female Buyers Beware of Obama’s Call to Service

With Obama’s call for inc­rease ser­vice, both mili­tary and non mili­tary, I’m won­de­ring if his admi­nis­tra­tion is going to help clear some of the debris off the path of ser­vice, making the path less hazar­dous for women?
The Lavena John­son case has yet to be reo­pe­ned, the Army refu­sing to ack­now­ledge the large lie in which they

International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

Today is Inter­na­tio­nal Day for the Eli­mi­na­tion of Vio­lence Against Women.
Inter­na­tio­nal Day for the Eli­mi­na­tion of Vio­lence against Women  –  Sta­te­ment from the Exe­cu­tive Direc­tor
The first year-long phase of UNIFEM’S Say NO to Vio­lence against Women cam­paign conc­lu­ded today, when sig­na­tu­res collec­ted world­wide were pre­sen­ted to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at a high level UN event.
In

Domestic Violence — Following “The Burning Bed”.

Domes­tic Vio­lence is something I have very little expe­rience with, but I do know Octo­ber is Domes­tic Vio­lence Awa­re­ness Month. We hear much less about domes­tic vio­lence because it is not as pro­fi­ta­ble as Breast Can­cer. Yet there is some indi­ca­tion that 960,000 inci­dents of vio­lence against a current or for­mer spouse, boy­friend, or girl­friend