This is a story about how women are being urged to use pepper spray in Madurai, India where attacks on women are common for sexual assaults and to rob them of the jewelry that they wear. Women in India particularly love to adorn themselves with expensive jewelry which is a big target for crooks You can read the rest of the story HERE...

click for more info The new Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) that just recently passed in Congress provides “for the rights of victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence or stalking on campus. It gives victims a new ability to appeal an outcome. It also requires schools to inform victims of their rights and options, and to tell them where to...

Here's a story out of Minnesota that claims they have new data that supports the idea that sexual assault is more prevalent in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered community, otherwise known as LGBT. You can read the whole story HERE. “More people who identify as gay, lesbian or bisexual have experienced sexual assault or domestic violence than people who identify as straight,...

click for more info This is a story out of Sacramento, CA which revealed that a police officer who'd been on the force for six years was arrested for sexual assault You can read the whole story HERE. “His indictment, unsealed Tuesday, includes 35 counts of rape, sodomy, oral copulation and kidnapping for crimes in 2011 and 2012. West Sacramento police Chief...

click for more details This is a story out of Georgia where a report recently released showed grim statistics for domestic violence in that state. You can read a partial story HERE. “Anyone can be abused, and the abuse is not the fault of the victim. Domestic violence can happen to anyone regardless of their class, religion, ethnic background, education, age, gender,...

click image for more details “The deans are out of their depth, dodging an open discussion of what has become a national scourge by assigning the task of disciplining rapists to student conduct boards. Victims complained that rapists walked away with only wrist slaps. The accused protested that secret hearings violated their rights to due process. No one thought that college disciplinary...