Stun Guns: Compact Feel-Safe Solutions at Hand

‘Women hold up half the sky,’ is a Chinese proverb that reflects only an aspiration. It is not only in the third world countries that women are made the victims of violent deeds of husbands, lovers, criminals and rapists. The spate of attacks on women all over the world continues at an ever increasing rate [...]

Never Be A Victim: Life-Saving Self Defense Techniques For Women

It is a harsh reality that violence against women happens everywhere on a daily basis.  But there are ways to protect yourself as a woman.  Here are some basic self defense techniques for women that can save your life in an assault. 1. The groin kick Obviously the groin is a sensitive area on the [...]

Essential Self Defense Techniques For Women: The Difference Between Survivors And Victims

Because of the unfortunate cases of violence against women that are becoming more numerous by the day, self defense techniques for women are more important than ever. But you don’t have to be an accomplished black belt martial artist to defend yourself in a potentially life-threatening situation. All you need is the determination to take [...]

Domestic Violence: Crossing Boundaries

It could be how it is represented in the media including news and television shows. Often you can turn on the tv and see some talk show host interviewing victims of domestic violence. If you are not paying strict attention you could get the notion that it is something only happens to certain kinds of [...]

Sexual Harassment of Women at the Work Place

Sexual harassment , an insidious form of violence against women, is common to all cultures. The stories are strikingly similar from country to country; only the names and the places change . Sexual harassment can take a variety of forms . It includes both physical violence and subtle forms of non-physical violence such as emotional [...]

Victimized Women From Rural Areas – More Vulnerable

United States government statistics revealed the most grueling picture: one in every four women becoming target of domestic violence and approximately 1.3 million women have been physically assaulted by her intimate partner. But women in rural areas facing sexual assault, domestic or other kinds of violence are more vulnerable than their counterparts in cities. [...]

Grants to Reduce Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking on Campus Program

The Grants to Reduce Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking on Campus Program popularly known as Campus Program is delineated with the motive to encourage and strengthen higher education institutions to endorse responses in a comprehensive and coordinated manner to reduce the said violence often faced by young girls. Campuses in alliance [...]

Different Government Grant Programs For Women Under Violence Against Women Act

The STOP Violence Against Women Formula Grant Program was constituted with an aim to encourage integrated and multidisciplinary approach to improve response of the criminal justice system with respect to violent crimes against women. Under this program, efficacious law enforcement and prosecution strategies are encouraged to develop and strengthen their policies and procedures to [...]

The NFL And Domestic Violence

Violence is a trait of many NFL players. Let’s face it, football is a violent sport and it encourages violent behavior. Unfortunately, what football does not do is teach players how to behave non-violently to problems off the field, particularly when it comes to relationship problems. This violent behavior begins when boys start playing [...]

Why Some Men Beat Their Wives..and Vice Versa

Domestic Violence on Men I’ve read a lot of articles touching on “men beating wives” and all those pitiful stories involving domestic violence or any other violence against women – ranging from sexual harassment to physical injuries, and so forth and so on. There is even a Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) legislated in [...]

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