USA: Womens shelters forced to start waiting lists
July 2011: A spike in domestic violence, combined with cuts in federal funding and a sour economy, has caused the space shortage, domestic violence advocates say...
Ghosts of Violence: Ballet as a Catalyst for Change
Ghosts of Violence is a powerful ballet on the subject of violence against women, which had its world premiere recently in Ottawa, Canada...
USA: Sexual Abuse & Harassment in Immigration Detention
Aug 2010: Human Rights Watch issued a scathing indictment of Homeland Security's utter failure to protect women from abuse and harassment in detention...
British Grandma Still on Death Row in Texas
The British Government stated that Texas' failure to inform the British Consulate of her arrest prevented them from providing Linda with a competent lawyer...
Finding Dawn
Powerful emotive film of on an epic journey to shed light on the murders and disappearances of Aboriginal women in Canada...
Girls and Gangs in the USA
There have been many cases of young women being raped by a rival gang because of dating a gang member, or being trafficked or prostituted by men they have become involved with...
Virginia Executes Woman With Low IQ
Sept 2010: The execution of Teresa Lewis went ahead despite protests from lawyers, international celebrities and others - the first woman executed in Virginia in almost a century.
USA: Stolen Childhood - Sara Kruzan
SARA KRUZAN, USA: Age 11: groomed for forced prostitution - Age 16: convicted of murdering her pimp - Age 33: sixteen years into a twenty-five year prison sentence...
Positive Controversy - The Wake Up Campaign
Using music to bring awareness to an issue that millions face daily - the seriousness of domestic violence in our local communities...
Waking up to Reality - Teen Dating
Being trapped inside an abusive relationship at any age is degrading, humiliating, and extremely damaging to one's self-esteem. When an adolescent is involved, all those emotions are underscored...
Orphans in Paradise
Lydia Schatz was one of three children adopted from Liberia in 2007, by Kevin and Elizabeth Schatz. Lydia Schatz is no more....
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