Tagged With "Violence"

By Susan Brink, NPR.org, November 19, 2019 Sexual violence against children happens everywhere: in wealthy enclaves, in slums, in suburbs, in rural villages. Invariably, it happens in secret: in the privacy of family homes, in dark corners of schools and churches, and in murky shadows at neighborhood, community, sporting and scouting events. It happens often, and periodically groups put out reports to call attention to the issue. "That's usually where the story stops," says Daniela Ligiero,...

By Nick Anderson, Susan Svrluga, and Scott Clement, The Washington Post, October 14, 2019 About one-quarter of undergraduate women say they have been victims of sexual touching or penetration without consent since starting college, according to a survey this year on sexual assault and misconduct at 33 major universities. The survey released Tuesday was the second from the Association of American Universities in recent years to document the disturbing prevalence of sexual violence at...

By Jennifer White and Rebecca Del Rossi, Futures Without Violence, May 29, 2020 The Institute for Leadership in Education Development (I-LED), a project of Futures Without Violence supported by the U.S. Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women (OVW), shares a new tool for “going virtual” with pieces of your educational programs. Translating Your In-Person Education Online: Tips for Piecing it All Together , includes a process for taking all or part of in-person training to a...