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2 For example, Vancouver's Battered Women's Support Services has seen a 300% increase in calls. (cmaj.ca)

The Department of Fish and Wildlife says DNA has confirmed the large female black bear and her three little accomplices were responsible for at least 21 instances of property damage since 2022. (ktla.com)

When a battered woman calls our hotline seeking shelter, a counselor will ask her a number of questions regarding the abuse, her batterer, her children and the situation. (hruth.org)

SafeLink's state-of-the-art technology allows the advocate answering your call to keep you on the line while you are being connected to a shelter program in your area. (mahomeless.org)
This allows callers who are in danger to get help with a single call, rather than having to make numerous calls to different shelter programs across the state. (mahomeless.org)
Magalie Marcelin, a lawyer and actress who appeared in films and on stage, established Kay Fanm, a women's rights organization that deals with domestic violence, offers services and shelter to women and makes microcredits, or loans, available to women working in markets, said Charles, the chair of Dwa Fanm. (cnn.com)
Single battered women as well as abused women with children (including boys up to age 17) living in the United States, are eligible for entry into our crisis shelter. (hruth.org)
In these circumstances, women or families must live in makeshift arrangements in our shelter until a room becomes available. (hruth.org)
If we can't offer shelter as an option, a Client Services Coordinator will work to develop a safety plan with every battered woman. (hruth.org)
The Inn serves as a shelter for battered women and children and is one of the only "in-house arrest" prison programs for women in Maine. (ontheissuesmagazine.com)
Bell Atlantic Mobile, a corporate leader in the fight against domestic violence, and Safe Harbor's battered women's shelter have partnered together to loan victims of domestic violence wireless phones to use in reporting emergency situations. (verizon.com)
Last year, Safe Harbor, Inc. provided shelter for over 300 women and their children and responded to almost 1,100 crisis calls. (verizon.com)

Intimate partner violence - previously known as battered woman syndrome, or battered person syndrome - is a psychological condition that can develop when a person experiences abuse, usually at the hands of an intimate partner. (medicalnewstoday.com)
According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV), 1 in 4 women and 1 in 9 men in the United States experience violence from an intimate partner. (medicalnewstoday.com)
In partnership with the University of Victoria and guided by the methodology of "by and for Indigenous women," our organizations undertook a year-long, community-based research project involving surveys and first-hand interviews with Indigenous women and Indigenous gender diverse people across the province to understand and advocate on their experiences of intimate partner violence people during the pandemic. (bwss.org)
Our research showed 77 percent of Indigenous women and Indigenous gender diverse people surveyed experienced an increase in intimate partner violence during the pandemic. (bwss.org)
In a CBC report , our colleague Leslie Varley highlights how the experiences of Indigenous women and Indigenous gender diverse people feeling intimate partner violence and attempting to access safety and justice shows widespread barriers, fear, discrimination, and isolation. (bwss.org)
These barriers form an interrelated, entrenched system of oppression for Indigenous women and gender diverse people that amplifies the brutality of intimate partner violence. (bwss.org)
One of the nation's leading intimate partner violence centers, helping thousands of battered women and their children. (hruth.org)
Of women who are stalked by an intimate partner, 81% are also physically assaulted. (medscape.com)
About 1 in 4 women and nearly 1 in 10 men have experienced sexual violence, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner during their lifetime. (msdmanuals.com)

An Orange County woman is speaking out after she said she was sexually battered and assaulted inside an elevator in an Irvine storage facility. (abc7.com)
IRVINE, Calif. (KABC) -- An Orange County woman is speaking out after she said she was sexually battered and assaulted inside an elevator at an Irvine storage facility. (abc7.com)
LAS VEGAS ( KLAS ) - Two women have accused singer Trey Songz of sexually assaulting them at his California home in 2015, Nexstar's KLAS has learned. (wate.com)

This outbreak is a reminder that is it not safe to taste or eat raw dough or batter, whether made from recalled flour or any other flour. (cdc.gov)
Flour or other ingredients used to make raw dough or batter can be contaminated with STEC and other germs that can make people sick. (cdc.gov)
Always bake items made with raw dough or batter before eating them. (cdc.gov)
Do not taste raw dough or batter. (cdc.gov)
Nineteen (50%) of 38 people reported eating or tasting raw homemade dough or batter. (cdc.gov)
Some reported eating raw dough or raw batter. (cdc.gov)

The image of our police department has been battered of late by brutality and scandal. (safeaccessnow.org)
Ever since, more sympathetic scholars have tried, with limited success, to counter Mr. Thompson's portrait, which was echoed most recently in a short story by Joyce Carol Oates, published by Harper's Magazine last fall, depicting Frost as repellent old man angrily rebutting a female interviewer's charges of arrogance, racism and psychological brutality to his children. (3quarksdaily.com)

PulseNet performs DNA fingerprinting on STEC bacteria isolated from ill people by using techniques called pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and whole genome sequencing (WGS). (cdc.gov)

What is battered woman syndrome? (medicalnewstoday.com)
Psychotherapist Lenore Walker developed the concept of battered woman syndrome in the late 1970s. (medicalnewstoday.com)
She described battered woman syndrome as a subtype of PTSD. (medicalnewstoday.com)
It was premeditated, so they figure, said: "Battered Women's Syndrome was no excuse to pull the trigger. (thestreetspirit.org)

He said, 'I have a hard time watching a woman getting battered and beaten. (etonline.com)
Each year in the United States, experts estimate that about 2 million women are severely beaten by their partner. (msdmanuals.com)

Women who have survived domestic violence and their children. (mahomeless.org)
It's all to call attention to domestic violence on behalf of Santa Monica-based OPCC . (adrants.com)
Domestic violence encompasses violence against both men and women and includes violence in gay and lesbian relationships. (medscape.com)
Police in the United States spend approximately a third of their time responding to domestic violence calls. (medscape.com)
Of women presenting to the emergency department (ED), research suggests that between 4 and 15% are there because of problems related to domestic violence. (medscape.com)
Calls to the police and visits to the ED sometimes are used by victims of domestic violence to strategically manage the episode by de-escalating the violence. (medscape.com)
A study in the Northwest found that 95% of women with diagnosed domestic violence sought care 5 or more times per year and that 27% sought medical care more than 20 times per year. (medscape.com)
Two to 4% of women who present for treatment of injuries, excluding those sustained in motor vehicle collisions (MVCs), are victims of domestic violence. (medscape.com)
In one study, 140 paramedics who annually respond to 44,000 emergency requests, received training directed at acquisition of assessment skills for violence-related injuries and screening of female patients for history and risk of domestic violence. (medscape.com)
Women are more commonly victims of domestic violence than are men. (msdmanuals.com)
About 95% of people who seek medical attention as a result of domestic violence are women. (msdmanuals.com)
In the United States, domestic violence is as prevalent (or more prevalent) among lesbian and bisexual women, gay and bisexual men, and transgender people as among the general population. (msdmanuals.com)
METHODS: Individual, telephonic interviews were conducted with 16 women living in domestic violence shelters within three Provinces during South Africa's lockdown period. (bvsalud.org)

There is an attempt to prevent women who are victims of violence from calling the police during work hours. (hurriyetdailynews.com)
Myriam Merlet, Magalie Marcelin and Anne Marie Coriolan, founders of three of the country's most important advocacy organizations working on behalf of women and girls, are confirmed dead -- victims of last week's 7.0 earthquake . (cnn.com)
With wireless technology, we can give the assurance and the added security of knowing that help is only a cellular phone call away -- enabling victims to go to work, move about more freely within their community and not worry about being without help,' added Akerhielm. (verizon.com)

I've discovered many battered women who call prison home. (thestreetspirit.org)
Women in prison band together in many creative ways to confront the system that aims to divide them. (truthout.org)
From friendships to support groups to activist campaigns, women in prison band together in many creative ways to confront the system that aims to divide and isolate them. (truthout.org)
Although women in prison often complain about the apathy among their peers, giving the impression that there is little to no unity in female facilities, these same women have also demonstrated a willingness to share and help each other in times of need. (truthout.org)
When Oregon prisoner "Boo" was taken to a prison infirmary after turning yellow, Barrilee Bannister made a get-well card and had 80 women sign it. (truthout.org)

WOMENSENEWS)-On Mother's Day, busloads of battered moms and advocates for abused children will roll into Washington, D.C. (womensenews.org)
Valentine and other advocates for protective parents call the family courts broken and corrupt and say the system not only puts children into the hands of abusive parents, it also bankrupts and punishes the protective parents who fight for them. (womensenews.org)
We stand next to a woman who is fighting for her children while she pleads and receives orders,' one Mass Mom told Women's eNews at January's Battered Mothers Custody Conference. (womensenews.org)
In what they're planning to call 'Confetti,' the moms will symbolically shred court-appointed guardian reports-which they feel are particularly unfair to protective parents-into little bits and toss them at the statehouse to call attention to the plight of protective mothers fighting for custody of their children. (womensenews.org)
It is the official version of seizing the rights of women and children. (hurriyetdailynews.com)
To protect my children, I called 911. (thestreetspirit.org)
We all watched scenes of chaos and desperation at Kabul airport with grave concern as men, women and children risked their lives, and some tragically died in efforts to flee the country. (who.int)
We monitored and responded to disease outbreaks, scaled up the trauma care programme, and ensured that services for women, mothers and children were available even in the most remote and hard-to-reach areas. (who.int)
For the survivors, for my children, for the many women out there, generations to come, I continue adding my voice to those calling for an end to this atrocity, which if allowed to go on at the current levels, will be a threat to socioeconomic growth and sustainable development. (who.int)
Responding to family disputes (83 %) was reported as the most frequent stressor and exposure to battered children (27 %) was the most highly rated stressor (mean rating: 67.6 +/- 35.3). (cdc.gov)
Almost where men, women and children risked their lives, 70% of all women now have a chance of surviving to the and some tragically died in efforts to flee the country. (who.int)
In addition, we monitored and as COVID-19-like symptoms among displaced persons, responded to disease outbreaks, scaled up the trauma there have been reports of an increase in cases of care programme, and ensured that services for women, diarrhoea, high blood pressure, and reproductive health mothers and children were available and accessible, even complications and malnutrition ( 2 ). (who.int)
The plan provides a planning framework for the sector to address risk and vulnerability among the poor, marginalized and socially excluded groups such as older persons, PWDs, Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children (OVC), women, non-literate adults and ethnic minorities for the next five years (2011/2012 to 2015/2016). (who.int)

The rates of violence are not decreasing and in some places are at epidemic proportions affecting approximately one third of women globally. (who.int)

A new development is psychological abuse (generally threats) expressed through the Internet, so-called cyberstalking. (medscape.com)
While women and girls bear the brunt of the violence, the social, economic, physical, psychological and health costs cut more broadly across society, ultimately harming everyone. (who.int)

According to the Critics' Choice Awards, the annual SeeHer Award "honors a woman who advocates for gender equality, portrays characters with authenticity, defies stereotypes and pushes boundaries. (etonline.com)

In the African Region, many women are subjected to sociocultural discrimination as well as harmful traditional practices (HTPs) such as female genital mutilation4 (FGM), food taboos, early and forced marriage and pregnancy. (who.int)

The 30-year-old woman does not want her name disclosed out of fear that the attacker might retaliate. (abc7.com)

Together, we strengthened a battered health system by training health care workers and delivering lifesaving and essential medicines, medical supplies and medical equipment. (who.int)
This consists of health system responsiveness to the needs of women, education of the girl-child, quality health care, elimination of gender discrimination and harmful traditional practices, and an appreciation of the role of women in sustaining human life. (who.int)
3 ). Working together, a battered health system was has also made implementation of infection prevention strengthened by training health-care workers and measures extremely difficult across the country and delivering lifesaving and essential medicines, medical impacted the COVID-19 vaccination programme. (who.int)

Volunteers accompany women to court and on lawyer visits and play a general shepherding role. (womensenews.org)
Volunteers started calling phone trees prepared in advance for just this situation. (safeaccessnow.org)

The reason is that women will be discouraged from filing a complaint. (hurriyetdailynews.com)
Both women believe they were drugged the night before and described the singer as violent, aggressive and controlling during their visit to his Bell Ranch home, according to the complaint. (wate.com)
Trey Songz reportedly extended several invitations to his home, and the women took an Uber there because they were "intrigued by the prospect of a memorable evening with one of their favorite recording artists," according to the complaint. (wate.com)
The gathering consisted of approximately 20 to 30 women, three men and the singer's security personnel, according to the complaint. (wate.com)
Female guests were pressured to drink from unsealed but full bottles, the complaint alleged. (wate.com)
The singer's hostility peaked when the women in his home declined his offer to have a twerking contest for $3,000, according to the complaint. (wate.com)
In a menacing outburst, Songz unleashed a torrent of verbal abuse, hurling bottles at select women and demanding, with a threatening edge, that they dance because he ordered them to dance," the complaint alleged. (wate.com)
Both women claimed they drank a moderate amount of alcohol yet "felt an overwhelming and disproportionate sense of intoxication as if their senses were being smothered, their cognition clouded, and their physical autonomy slipping away," according to the complaint. (wate.com)
This led the women to believe that the singer had drugged them, the complaint said. (wate.com)
Both women never consented to the singer's "sexual attacks," according to the complaint. (wate.com)

CONCLUSIONS: This study highlights the factors associated with control over one's sexuality and preponderance to sexual violence: age, education, spouse working status, wealth status, husband's alcohol consumption, women autonomy, decision-making, and freedom for mobility. (bvsalud.org)

It addresses the health conditions that are specific to or more prevalent in women, have severe consequences and imply certain risk factors. (who.int)

Call a Brainerd MN support service today to find out what services are available for your family. (brainerd.com)
Recognized for its quality services and national leadership role, the National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women was chosen in 1993 to receive funds from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), as part of the Battered Women's Justice Project (BWJP). (ncdbw.org)
We undertook this research because we knew from our frontline conversations with Indigenous women accessing our 24/7 crisis line and our services that they faced novel challenges, on top of pre-existing barriers, to accessing services during the tumultuous times of the pandemic. (bwss.org)
Leslie details in a Global News story , "There's widespread fear by Indigenous women who are seeking services and its a racism-based fear. (bwss.org)

This means that solutions must be holistic and focused on the full spectrum of violence that Indigenous women and gender diverse people are subjected to - from interpersonal to institutional violence. (bwss.org)
Myriam Merlet was until recently the chief of staff of Haiti's Ministry for Gender and the Rights of Women. (cnn.com)
Myriam Merlet was until recently the chief of staff of Haiti's Ministry for Gender and the Rights of Women, established in 1995, and still served as a top adviser. (cnn.com)
As a First Lady, so called the "mother of the nation", I am saddened that gender-based violence is a scourge that has been allowed to permeate the very fabric of our society. (who.int)
the brutal murder of women solely because of their gender is on the increase in many countries and in conflict-affected parts of the world, violence against women and girls including sexual violence can reach unimaginable levels and have been called by different names e.g. homicide or murder. (who.int)
This literary narrative was chosen, not only due to its qualities, but also because of the intersection with the theme of gender ine- quality in mental health and in treatments direct- ed to women, driven by gender ideology. (bvsalud.org)
That whiter host tion with the theme of gender inequality in men- tal health and in treatments directed to women, Emily Dickinson (BENDER, 2007, p. 57). (bvsalud.org)
The study highlights an IPV and COVID-19 relationship, showing that the gender insensitive pandemic control measures, such as stay at home orders and travel restrictions, likely placed women at risk of increased abuse. (bvsalud.org)
Given the recurrency of COVID-19 epidemic waves, attention must be given to gender disparities or many South African women may experience worse outcomes. (bvsalud.org)

Because I said, 'If you had a hard time, if it made you uncomfortable watching that story, imagine being that woman, living that story. (etonline.com)
Although the jails receive money from INS to keep these women, no efforts are made to accommodate their needs, such as translation assistance. (truthout.org)
A few days ago, we made a joint call with UNICEF to the international community requesting support to deliver humanitarian supplies to Afghanistan. (who.int)
After he was released from the hospital, she made house calls. (medscape.com)

Of women in violent relationships, 77% who present to the ED do so for reasons other than trauma. (medscape.com)

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russian shelling killed an 81-year-old woman in the yard of her home and a 60-year-old man in southern Ukraine's Kherson region Thursday, local authorities said. (khon2.com)
A 91-year-old local woman was killed in her apartment last weekend in what Prokudin described as a "terrifying" nighttime barrage. (khon2.com)
The 44-year-old Ohio woman was arrested yesterday after she dialed 911 to complain that food she ordered at a Chinese restaurant was not up to her standards. (thesmokinggun.com)
In New Delhi, a 23 year-old female was gang raped on a bus. (who.int)

It's been more than a quarter-century since the hit movie 'A League of Their Own' brought the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League back to life, and since then, the players from that league have used the platform to create more awareness about girls and women playing baseball. (mlb.com)
She was a founder of Enfofamn, an organization that raises awareness about women through media, collects stories and works to honor their names. (cnn.com)

Now, as families in Jacksonville eulogize loved ones lost in a hail of bullets at a neighborhood discount store, activists across the nation are calling for better measures to counter the longstanding epidemic of hate violence against Black Americans. (yahoo.com)

Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope. (brainerd.com)

Did you donate food to St. Bernard Battered Women's Program, Inc. (ampleharvest.org)

The lawyers for the Tilley Family wisely removed all thoughts to call for my mother as a witness in their behalf that same day. (bartleby.com)

Over the seven years, women have met at the conference and formed smaller groups, such as the Massachusetts Protective Mothers for Custodial Justice. (womensenews.org)
They are encouraging child marriages, a feudal institution that people and women who have a functioning mind have been trying to prevent for years. (hurriyetdailynews.com)
Almost 70% of all women now have a chance of surviving to the age of 65, compared to only 54% 20 years ago. (who.int)
The various stages in the life of a woman range from infancy, childhood, adolescence and adulthood to the post- reproductive years. (who.int)
A total of 63,696 couples are included in the analysis comprising of women of 15-49 years age and men of 15-54 years age. (bvsalud.org)

1. Women's health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being of women throughout their lifespan and not only their reproductive health. (who.int)

It is more important than ever to keep building on these gains, so that every man, woman and child in Afghanistan has a chance to live a life filled with dignity, good health and hope. (who.int)
However, it is important to note that even before these important than ever to keep building on these gains, so latest events, Afghanistan was the world's third largest that every man, woman and child in Afghanistan has a humanitarian operation due to war, displacement, and, chance to live a life filled with dignity, good health and of course, the COVID-19 pandemic ( 1 ). (who.int)

Seventy-six percent of ill people were female. (cdc.gov)

According to the Alliance Police Department, McCloud called 911 from the Main Moon Chinese Restaurant around 4:30 PM Monday. (thesmokinggun.com)

We recommend calling or emailing the pantry ahead of time to be sure their days/hours of operation have not changed. (ampleharvest.org)
Two days into the case, a call from another woman claiming to be the victim's friend could be DCI Andy Gilchrist's first solid lead. (whsmith.co.uk)

Mo Hannah, psychology professor at Siena College, near Albany, N.Y., used the Internet to organize the first annual conference for battered women seeking custody in 2004, after her own difficult custody battle. (womensenews.org)

Lynnell Halikowski ( Prince George Sexual Assault Centre ) joined the press conference via video call. (bwss.org)
Both women seek damages for sexual battery, sexual assault, negligence, intentional infliction of mental distress and interference with civil rights. (wkbn.com)
This study explored the socio-economic and context-specific distinctive characteristics of husbands and wives on sexual autonomy and unwanted sexual experiences of currently married women in India. (bvsalud.org)
RESULTS: Uneducated women married to uneducated men experienced more sexual violence and had less control over their sexuality than the other categories. (bvsalud.org)

If more information is needed the staff of the Ambulatory Care Statistics Branch can be consulted by calling (301) 436-7132 during regular working hours. (cdc.gov)

Nobody should hear about violence against women, know about it or write about it. (hurriyetdailynews.com)
Dubbed a 'Vagina Warrior,' she was remembered Tuesday by her friend Eve Ensler, the award-winning playwright and force behind V-Day , a global movement to end violence against women and girls. (cnn.com)

We work with every battered woman to ensure her right to safety. (hruth.org)
This city does not need to see the men and women who should be heroes doing the work of villains. (safeaccessnow.org)
But now, a new scholarly work may put an end to the "monster myth," as Frost scholars call it, once and for all. (3quarksdaily.com)
The donation of the four wireless phones is part of an ongoing program called 'Wireless at Work. (verizon.com)

Let's continue: When a battered women files for divorce, they suggest mediation and conciliation. (hurriyetdailynews.com)
The woman is expected to lower her head and continue to be battered. (hurriyetdailynews.com)
They will continue being battered before succumbing and saying, "This is my destiny," and accept this torment. (hurriyetdailynews.com)
It is the hope of these women that interest in girls baseball will continue to grow, and that girls will stick with it as they get older. (mlb.com)

The D.A. hinted that "a married woman cannot scream rape. (thestreetspirit.org)

Examples include name-calling, humiliation, or coercive control, which means behaving in a way that aims to control a person. (medicalnewstoday.com)

This is officially a suggestion to discourage women from asking for justice for the violence they are subjected to. (hurriyetdailynews.com)

Started by Hattie Logan Duckett in 1919, the Phillis Wheatley Association was an organization that originally provided a social academic center for young African American women in Greenville, South Carolina. (greenville.com)

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