According to a recent investigation by the Equal Rights Center, victims of domestic violence in Washington D.C. often face discrimination when seeking rental housing. One year ago a law was passed in the District to protect victims from housing discrimination.
The study revealed 65 percent of victims who sought housing in the District were either denied […]
In an effort to reduce domestic violence in the workplace in Ohio, a new executive order has been put into action by Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland.
The new order is called the Barbara Warner Workplace Domestic Violence Policy, named after an employee of the Ohio Department of Health who was killed in 1997 by her husband.
Are […]
According to reports from the National Domestic Violence Hotline, 324,000 women each year experience intimate partner violence during their pregnancy. And 30 percent of these women say the first violent incident happens while they’re pregnant.
Especially when there is an unwanted pregnancy, controlling men often suffer from storms of anger and commit acts of violence.
The […]
Due to economic stress, many experts see a spike in domestic violence incidences around the holidays. They suggest the increase is linked to the fact that people drink more and there is more tension in the household around issues concerning money and family. Experts say that people also tend to be more depressed and generally […]
Reports show that millions of spousal rapes go unreported even though it’s a crime.
Now every state in the U.S. says it’s a crime for a husband to rape his wife. Many women are now going public with their stories of how they were raped by the man they vowed to love, honor and obey.