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Can You Cure a Domestic Abuser?

Matthew Wolfe

January 17, 2020 |

The Atlantic |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Duluth, Iowa

Duluth’s Domestic Abuse Intervention Project has served for decades as a model for men’s counseling groups that courts often mandate in lieu of incarceration after abuse leads to criminal charges. But a deep look at its methods, which are rooted in challenging men’s patriarchal views and pushing them to take responsibility for their behavior, shows that its rejection of other behavioral influences calls into question its entire approach to truly solving the problem. A solid body of research finds the approach minimally effective, at best, and that other forms of group therapy can be more effective.

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Native Americans foster healing from domestic violence through community, tradition

Anikka Abbott

December 23, 2019 |

Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

Multi-Media |

Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Las Vegas, Nevada

To help address domestic violence and intervene in crises such as suicide and addiction within Native American communities, a decades-old culture-based program offers workshops that "foster healing through embracing community and tradition." These Gathering of Native Americans programs, which are designed specifically with the audience in mind, focus on community members helping community members as a form of counseling.

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In Minsk, A Hidden Refuge for Battered Women

Hanna Liubakova

November 25, 2019 |

Transitions Online |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Belarus, Minsk

The Minsk-based organization Radislava runs a house for women and children who have experienced domestic abuse. In a culture and a country that have yet to protect survivors of abuse, this house runs on privacy and anonymity, for safety’s sake. Radislava does more than provide shelter – it also provides psychological and legal support and organizes advocacy events. Since its creation, the home has seen 70% of clients create new lives for themselves.

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The boys learning anti-sexism in India

Elaine Murphy

November 11, 2019 |

BBC |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: India, Pune, Maharashtra

A program launched by the Equal Community Foundation (ECF) in 2011 called Action for Equality (AFE) educates more than 5,000 teenage boys in Pune, India about violence against women. They spend 43 weeks learning curriculum designed to help them spot gender-based violence, how to intervene and be a model for change, and how to disrupt gender norms. The program is especially effective, because it is coordinated by young men in their 20s whom the teenage boys look up to. About 80% of participants graduate, and many families testify to their son/brother/nephew's changed behavior.

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Ending Domestic Violence Requires Working With Those Who Harm, Too

Isabella Garcia

October 30, 2019 |

Yes! Magazine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, California

The Healing Together Campaign, created by the Alliance for Boys and Men of Color, operates at the national and local levels to disrupt patterns of intimate partner violence. Rather than solely work with victims, though, they aim to spark behavioral and cultural shifts in the abuser. At a national level, they bring together over 200 organizations in a collaboration that executes research and policy recommendations. At the local level, they provide their member organizations – who each operate unique to their communities’ needs – with resources and outreach to strengthen their programming.

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How Women Are Faring in the World's Largest Refugee Camp

Jennifer Chowdhury

September 17, 2019 |

Zora |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Bangladesh, Ukhia, Cox's Bazar

In the Kutupalong Refugee Camp in Bangladesh, Rohingya women are overcoming the societal restraints that bound them at home in Myanmar and becoming leaders and change-makers in their community. Despite resistance from the men, hundreds of women in the camp banded together to form a group called Shanti Mohila. This allowed them to push for more peace and justice and issues like domestic violence, and they even received support from Legal Action Worldwide to prosecute crimes against the Rohingya people.

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Video Helps Domestic Violence Victims — When Courts Have It

Jeannie O'Sullivan

August 18, 2019 |

Law360 |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

In parts of five states and the District of Columbia, domestic violence victims can avoid the trauma and logistical hassles of seeking a restraining order in court by petitioning for court protection via video. Certain counties in Oklahoma, Oregon, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, and D.C. allow victims to get help without facing their abusers in court. But a host of barriers have slowed the rollout of such services: limited court budgets, technical security concerns, lack of training, and poor internet connections in rural areas that could be helped by not requiring travel to courthouses.

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When a Restraining Order Fails, a GPS Tracker Can Save Lives

Misha Valencia

July 30, 2019 |

The New York Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

Using GPS tracking on repeat offenders of domestic violence has shown to decrease repeat instances of such abuse. Of the 23 states that use such devices, those that use them in ankle bracelet form have the ability to not only monitor locations, but alert officials and victims when the offender leaves the designated boundaries. While the system has shown demonstrative success, some people voice opposition to such technology, citing privacy concerns.

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How Do You Stop Abusive Relationships? Teach Teens How to Be Respectful Partners

Alison Kotch

July 29, 2019 |

NationSwell |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

A program called RAPP (Relationship Abuse Prevention Program) uses safe spaces for teens to talk about their romantic relationships with both peer and adult leaders as a way to prevent abusive relationships through education. It is supported by New York City's Human Resources Administration, the Mayor’s Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence, Day One, and Steps to End Violence and Urban Resource Institute (URI). The program is now in 94 schools across the city, and participants / peer leaders testify to how much it changed their lives.

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Advocates strive to raise awareness about missing and murdered Indigenous women in the US and Canada

Allison Herrera

May 08, 2019 |

Public Radio International (PRI) |

Multi-Media |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Washington

Ensuring that cases of missing and murdered indigenous women are counted requires collecting data. In US and Canada, many cases of missing and murdered indigenous women remain ignored by law enforcement. In response, members of indigenous communities have undertaken data collection campaigns, including the creation of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women database.

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