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May - 2008

What is the media reporting? This area provides web links to news coverage on domestic and intimate partner violence, gender-based and sexual violence, sexual abuse, and various issues related to violence against women.

* See VAWnet's Violence Against Women News Sources (Updated 2007): This list provides web links to various reputable news sources that cover stories on domestic and intimate partner violence, gender-based and sexual violence, sexual abuse, and various issues related to violence against women.

All articles open in a second web browser window. For information pertaining to copyright and distribution permissions for any particular news item, please refer to the original media source of the story in question. Links are added regularly as publicly available web-based news stories are identified. (Some websites change a news story's web address when moving it to long term storage).

05/01/2008 - Tbilisi, Georgia - "Domestic violence against women: urgent need for action in national parliaments" from The Financial
The article reports, "In a declaration adopted on April 30 in Vienna at a conference on domestic violence against women held by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) and the Austrian Parliament, the participants underlined the urgent need for action in national parliaments in this field, in terms of passing legislation and monitoring its application. The declaration also recommends that the networking of parliamentarians in the 47 member states should continue and that a Council of Europe framework convention should be drawn up to combat domestic violence."

05/01/2008 - FL, US - "Dating violence set to be treated like domestic assaults" from Herald Tribune
The article reports, "After passing the Senate on Wednesday, a proposed law that would provide victims of dating violence with protections afforded to victims of domestic violence is heading to Gov. Charlie Crist. The legislation is in response to the murder of 19-year-old Tiffany Barwick, a graduate of West Point High School in Ocala, and her 22-year-old friend, Michael Ruschak. Barwick had filed at least two complaints with police about her ex-boyfriend's threatening behavior and requested protection from law-enforcement agencies. But she was told there was no law to allow intervention based on the type of harassment and threats she reported."

05/01/2008 - US - "International Violence Against Women Act Introduced in House of Representatives" from Family Violence Prevention Fund Newsflash
The article reports, "Groundbreaking legislation to address the global crisis of violence against women and girls was introduced in the House of Representatives ... by Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Howard Berman (D-CA). The International Violence Against Women Act (I-VAWA-HR 5927) would apply the force of U.S. diplomacy and foreign aid over five years toward preventing abuse and exploitation, which is estimated to affect one in three women worldwide. I-VAWA authorizes more than $200 million annually in foreign assistance for international programs that prevent violence, support health programs and survivor services, encourage legal accountability and change public attitudes, promote access to economic opportunity and education, and better address violence against women in humanitarian situations. It would deal with preventing violence in all of its forms, including honor killings, bride burnings, acid burnings, dowry deaths, genital mutilation, mass rapes in war, or domestic violence. The legislation (S. 2279) was introduced in the Senate last October by the bipartisan leadership team of Joseph Biden (D-DE) and Richard Lugar (R-IN)."
Related Info:
* Legislation to Address Violence Against Women & Girls Worldwide Introduced in House of Representatives PRESS RELEASE from Common Dreams Progressive Newswire (May 1, 2008)

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