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June 2, 2024

Domestic Violence and Housing Insecurity

Why women and their children are homeless

Resources for Gender-Based Violence

State and Tribal Coalition Services

Global News

DV Survivors Demand Legal Reform In Bolivia

States News

Minnesota Passes Voting Rights Act

Florida doctors can perform c-sections outside hospitals

Paxton uses consumer protection laws for political purposes

Colorado to regulate AI for consumer protection

Domestic Violence and Housing Insecurity

BMSG Recommends Strategies for Advocates of DV Survivors

80% of unhoused women with children report having experienced domestic violence prior to losing their housing, said Sammie Rayner, who serves as Chief Impact Officer of Community Forward.

Read the 5 recommendations to support DV survivors who have become homeless that can make a difference in your community.

5 narrative change strategies for highlighting the connection between housing insecurity and domestic violence - Berkeley Media Studies Group

For Sammie Rayner, longtime advocate for people experiencing homelessness, lasting narrative change is only possible when we elevate women's voices. Many social issues, including our lack of stable and affordable housing, have unique and disparate impacts on people who identify as women, yet that reality is often missing from news coverage.

Resources for Survivors of Gender-Based Violence

The Office of Violence Against Women

Resources for Survivors

State Domestic Violence Coalitions, Tribal Coalitions, State Sexual Assault Coalitions and national hotline phone numbers. To find help, click on your state to see who serves your local area.

Global News

Legal Reform Urgent to Address Sexual Violence in Bolivia

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights issued an historic ruling in favor of sexual violence survivor Brisa De Angulo Losada against the State of Bolivia. To date the Bolivian government has made no legal reforms.

Legal Reform is Urgent To Address Sexual Violence In Bolivia - Equality Now

Leer en Español By Barbara Jimenez-Santiago, Regional Representative for LAC at Equality Now, Brisa de Angulo Losada, activist, survivor and founder of A Breeze of Hope, and Monica Bayá, Technical Secretary of Comunidad de Derechos Humanos It has been more than a year since the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) issued a historic [...]

State News

The Texas Supreme Court rejects challenge to abortion laws TexasTribune

Minnesota passes state Voting Rights Act CLC

Florida allows doctors to perform c-sections outside of hospitals KFFHealth

On one-year anniversary of NC's 12-week abortion ban, women ready for November NCNewsline

New rules on 'age-appropriate' books in SC SCDailyGazette

Texas education leaders unveil Bible-infused elementary school curriculum TxTribune

Voting rights groups file lawsuit to challenge Pennsylvania mail-in ballot date requirement PaCapital-Star

Quick adoption in 34 states of Erin's Law to prevent child abuse TheConversation

Colorado becomes the first state with law regulating potential consumer harms of artificial intelligence ColoradoSun

Big Tech tried to kill my state's privacy bill TechPolicy

Paxton uses consumer protection laws for political purposes TxTribune

2024 Maternal Mental Health State Report Cards released by the Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health MMH

Interactive Map: U S Abortion Policies and Access After Roe: abortion restrictions, insurance, patient requirements, medications, physicians, clinics Guttmacher

Global News

Menstrual Health Advocacy in Cameroon GlobalHealth

Women are at the center of Ukraine's path to justice and recovery JustSecurity

For Your Information

Melinda French Gates announces$1B commitment to advance women's power globally PivotalVentures

Generative AI and the future of work in America McKinsey

Americans break election ties in crazy ways - and jeopardize democracy in the process TheConversation

News about domestic violence and homelessness in California BMSG

The National strategy to improve maternal mental health care: An outline of ways that the federal government could lead efforts to build a national infrastructure that supports maternal mental health and improve care for perinatal mental health conditions. It includes 5 pillars that explain the why and how of the recommendations SAMHSA

Continued increases in TANF benefit levels are critical to helping families CBPP

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