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Mongolia looks to Alaska for help handling domestic violence from KNOM,...

When it comes to this issue, the two places have a lot in common. That’s according to Tuvshinjargal Gantumur, a psychologist and manager at the National Center Against Violence in Mongolia. Through a...

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Q&A: David Morrison warns Australia against complacency on domestic violence...

Morrison appeared on ABC’s Q&A program on Monday night along with Guardian Australia’s Indigenous affairs editor, Stan Grant; director of emergency at St Vincent’s hospital, Gordian Fulde; the...

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New Algerian law punishes violence against women from StarTribune, 02/02/2016

ALGIERS, Algeria — A new Algerian law has come into effect this week punishing violence against women and sexual harassment, in a victory for feminist groups that had fought for years for the...

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Human trafficking rife among displaced Kenyans, charity researchers say from...

NAIROBI, March 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – One in four internally displaced persons (IDP) surveyed in Kenya has been a victim or witness of human trafficking, the majority lured to the Middle...

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Bill aims to address domestic violence within Minnesota’s Southeast Asian...

“It’s really hard for women who don’t know anything or don’t have a place to call home,” Grace said. “And these women have no family at all.” Now some Minnesota lawmakers are trying to make it easier...

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Rainbow communities struggle to find help for domestic violence from...

The Hohou Te Rongo Kahukura – Outing Violence report, funded by It’s Not Okay, included a survey about experiences of violence and a series of community hui, from Whangarei to Dunedin, which asked...

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Domestic abuse: Violence amid a life of luxury from BBC News, 06/09/2016

A new shelter aims to provide a safe haven for women who are targets of domestic abuse in some of Sydney’s most affluent areas, writes Ashley Donnelly. When Lisa McAdams began her decade-long...

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The best countries for gender equality may also have a domestic violence...

“…as a new report points out, the Nordic countries appear to have a disproportionate and perplexing amount of domestic violence, or intimate partner violence (IPV), against women. Investigating what...

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This researcher is developing an app to stop domestic violence attitudes in...

An Australian researcher has been designing an app aimed at 10- to 15-year-old boys, to help them create healthy relationships with their peers. “The National Survey of Youth Attitudes reported very...

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The Heartbreaking Issue In Brazil We Should Be Talking About from Refinery29,...

– Trigger Warning – Sexual violence is a serious issue in Brazil due to a lack of public policies, and it stems from a lot of other issues. In my case, my mother suffered, too. She wasn’t sexually...

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