Stop Family Violence - Recently Added http://www.stopfamilyviolence.org/recently-added Stop Family Violence is a national grassroots organization with a mission to organize and amplify our nation’s collective voice against domestic violence, rape, child abuse, child sex abuse, incest, sexual assault, elder abuse, dating violence, stalking, sexual trafficking and prostitution. Together we can stop family violence. en-us BEYOND STUPAK II : Why The Language in the Nurse Home Visitation Provision in Health Care Legislation Must be Fixed As health care legislation enters its final stages, it appears that the federal government is poised to authorize Medicaid spending for an ambitious, mostly privately-run program that enters and touches the most intimate domains of poor women – without any explicitly stipulated protections of their rights. http://www.stopfamilyviolence.org/action/beyond-stupak-ii http://www.stopfamilyviolence.org/action/beyond-stupak-ii BEYOND STUPAK - the shocking fertility control provisions in health care reform legislation Although government research shows that poverty is not correlated with family size -- and that childbearing does not cause poverty -- current health care legislation seeks to tell low-income women how many children to have and when to have them. Contact your legislators to urge them to reject these misguided provisions. http://www.stopfamilyviolence.org/action/beyond-stupak-the-shocking-fertility-control-provisions-in-health-care-reform-legislation http://www.stopfamilyviolence.org/action/beyond-stupak-the-shocking-fertility-control-provisions-in-health-care-reform-legislation MA: Sexual Assault Services Slashed Earlier this month Governor Deval Patrick cut $1 million (one third of the budget) from the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Program. This cut will mean the near elimination of a crucial system of coordinated care for survivors of sexual violence. http://www.stopfamilyviolence.org/pages/498 http://www.stopfamilyviolence.org/pages/498 Shattered Hearts: Sexual Trafficking of American Indian Women and Girls in Minnesota Police reports from Duluth showed that Native girls were being lured off reservations, taken onto ships in port, beaten, and gang-raped. Native girls were being trafficked into prostitution, pornography, and strip shows over state lines and to Mexico. This is the first report of commercial sexual exploitation of American Indian women and girls. http://www.stopfamilyviolence.org/info/trafficking-and-prostitution/shattered-hearts-sexual-trafficking-of-american-indian-women-and-girls-in-minnesota http://www.stopfamilyviolence.org/info/trafficking-and-prostitution/shattered-hearts-sexual-trafficking-of-american-indian-women-and-girls-in-minnesota Parental Alienation: A Rational Approach The fact that divorcing parents often badmouth each other to the children can not justify the damage done to abused and endangered children by PAS and PA accusations. A more rational and fair approach to the claim of PA is presented. http://www.stopfamilyviolence.org/info/custody-abuse/parental-alienation/parental-alienation-a-rational-approach http://www.stopfamilyviolence.org/info/custody-abuse/parental-alienation/parental-alienation-a-rational-approach No Arbitration for Rape in DoD contracts GREAT NEWS!!! Senate Amendment 2588 that will prohibit defense contractors from requiring arbitration in cases of rape or sexual harassment PASSED the Senate by a vote of 68-30. See how your Senators voted here http://bit.ly/D9fKU http://www.stopfamilyviolence.org/pages/489 http://www.stopfamilyviolence.org/pages/489 Problems with the Domestic Violence Social Security Identity Change Program In 1998 the Social Security Administration announced a program to aid domestic violence survivors by allowing them to obtain new social security numbers. No doubt thousands of lives have been saved since this program has been developed. But problems with the program are beginning to surface and must be addressed so that survivors who depend on this last resort option can remain safe. http://www.stopfamilyviolence.org/info/domestic-violence-identity-change/problem-overview/overview-problems-domestic-violence-identity-change-program http://www.stopfamilyviolence.org/info/domestic-violence-identity-change/problem-overview/overview-problems-domestic-violence-identity-change-program The Alaska Hawaii Connection Both cases had gone through the same Identity & Relocation program and in both instances, when investigations ensued through no fault or wrongdoing of their own, the program that had protected these victim-survivors for so long did absolutely nothing to rescue these women from the consequences of their cooperation and compliance to the program! http://www.stopfamilyviolence.org/info/domestic-violence-identity-change/problem-overview/alaska-hawaii-connection http://www.stopfamilyviolence.org/info/domestic-violence-identity-change/problem-overview/alaska-hawaii-connection AWAIC Domestic Violence Awareness Month Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Opening Ceremonies - Domestic Violence Awareness Month October 1, 2009 http://www.stopfamilyviolence.org/info/domestic-violence-identity-change/events/awaic-domestic-violence-awareness-month http://www.stopfamilyviolence.org/info/domestic-violence-identity-change/events/awaic-domestic-violence-awareness-month Petition: Put Polanski in Prison Roman Polanski raped a child. He pled guilty and then fled the country to avoid sentencing. The law should not reward a fugitive for his successful efforts to evade justice. Demand accountability. Sign the petition to put Pulanski in prison! http://www.stopfamilyviolence.org/pages/481 http://www.stopfamilyviolence.org/pages/481