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Tag Archive for: gender-based violence

The Capitol Action Day Around Violence Protection

Organizers responsible for the day and call to action included Violence Free Minnesota (VFMN), the Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault (MNCASA), Mending the Sacred Hoop (MSH), Minnesota Alliance on Crime (MAC), Minnesota Children’s Alliance (MCA), and the Minnesota Indian Women’s Sexual Assault Coalition (MIWSAC).

A Week of Connecting Dots Around Abusive Behavior

Lynn Tramonte, executive director of the Ohio Immigrant Alliance, pointed out that there is “a real problem with gender-based violence by ICE agents — and the agency is not taking it seriously. Andrew Golobic used his position of power against women who feared deportation to extort sex.

Barriers and Preventative Action: A Conversation on Domestic Violence in Rochester

How housing barriers with landlords and untrained law enforcement impacts survivors of domestic violence — and the changes and solutions happening in Rochester to try to correct that.

Violence Prevention: The Nature of Coercive Control (Part 2)

“Coercive control is often the earliest and most overlooked warning sign of repeated escalating violence. It appears in teen relationships, long-term partnerships, rural and domestic areas."

SERIES: Violence Prevention

Our ongoing conversations related to gender-based violence and gun violence

Deep Dive: Roots of Violence

What does the survivor need to feel safe again? What do accountability, justice, and healing mean to them?

Why the Legal System Is Not the Answer for Many Survivors: A Conversation With Nikki Engel

How can we prevent this kind of abuse from happening in the first place, instead of relying on a reactive response?

Red Flags: A Short Personal History of Domestic Abuse

What I wish I had recognized as red flags ... and how easy it is to be vulnerable to an abusive partner

When Violence Was Considered a Private Matter

Understanding the history of Minnesota's movement to transform responses to domestic violence — and how it needs adjustment today.

Intense Testimony for Hearing about Missing and Murdered Black Women and Girls (HF55)

HF55 passes Public Safety Finance and Policy committee

Summary: “The Bonobo Sisterhood”

How to revolutionize the way we handle gender-based violence

A Conversation with Diane Rosenfeld: What is the Bonobo Sisterhood?

We just have to come and answer the call to fend off the male. “Nobody pimps my sister. Everybody is my sister.”