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Rural Victims of Intimate-Partner Violence Need More Resources and Support, Study Finds

Rural victims often lack access to services like shelters, advocacy, legal services, and law enforcement support, researchers say.

Rural Victims of Intimate-Partner Violence Need More Resources and Support, Study Finds

'Prison analogy': Task force finds no need for school resource officer to return

BRATTLEBORO A task force convened to study the suspended school resource officer program at Brattleboro Union High School is recommending alternative security solutions and calling for a more inclusive

The Recorder - On intimate partner violence

On intimate partner violence Modified: 12/17/2020 2:57:57 PM The awareness around intimate partner violence (IPV) has been brought to the fore with the COVID-19 pandemic media attention has highlighted that globally, women already experiencing abuse are at risk of heightened violence along with a general proliferation of IPV overall during the pandemic. Having worked in the field of domestic and sexual violence for over nine years, I know well the ways in which violence interrupts and affects women’s lives in brutal ways. My doctoral studies in public health at University of Massachusetts Amherst have given me the time to delve deeper into understanding this public health epidemic – and epidemic that I believe continues to be highly stigmatized, invisible to many, and dangerously mis-characterized and largely treated as a private issue.

Letter: Seeking participants for study on rural intimate partner violence

Editor of the Reformer, The awareness around intimate partner violence (IPV) and patriarchal abuse has been brought to the fore with the COVID-19 pandemic – media attention has highlighted that globally, women already experiencing abuse are at risk of heightened violence along with a general proliferation of IPV overall during the pandemic. Pandemic or not, however, in 2013 the World Health Organization described this type of gender violence as “a global health problem of epidemic proportions” – affecting 30 percent of women worldwide. The violence women endure results in a myriad of health issues both physical and psychological, which at times can be long lasting and chronic. Having worked in the field of domestic and sexual violence for over nine years, I know well the ways in which violence interrupts and affects women’s lives in brutal ways. My doctoral studies in Public Health at University of Massachusetts Amherst have given me the time to delve deepe