October 4th, 2024 by Moira McLaughlin, Content Producer
What do you want people to know about the work that you do?
We know that one of the biggest barriers survivors of all forms of gender-based violence face is economic security. So the work that our team does is very much looking at how to increase the economic security and mobility of survivors.
Despite the prevalence of domestic and sexual violence, about two-thirds of companies and organizations don’t have a formal workplace domestic violence prevention policy. Millions of women and men today have experienced rape, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner. And yet most employers don’t know how to respond to an employee who is experiencing violence outside the workplace.
We also want to prevent violence from happening in the first place. We know there’s a lot of unsafe jobs out there. Through our National Resource Center, we want to …
October 1st, 2024 by Moira McLaughlin
Tags: Domestic Violence, intimate partner violence, National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Teen Dating Violence
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, a time to raise awareness of the impact of domestic violence, which is experienced by more than 10 million people in the U.S. each year.
The statistics are sobering. Today, about 1 in 4 women and 1 in 7 men will experience physical violence by an intimate partner at some point during their lifetimes. Homicide by an intimate partner is the leading cause of death for pregnant women, and over half of female homicide victims are killed by a current or former male intimate partner.
Despite the widespread impact, there is some good news. Working together, we have reduced domestic violence against U.S. women by over 60 percent during the past 30 years. From healthcare responders to workplaces, advocates to policymakers – everyone has played a role. And together we can continue to be part of the solution to domestic violence. …
September 16th, 2024 by Leila Milani, FUTURES & Jules Murhula, Soccer Without Borders
Just a few weeks ago, the world was mesmerized by the near-superhuman Olympic performances of athletes from around the world. Years of dedication, hard work and training help these elite athletes build the skills and strength they need to push the limits of speed, precision, and endurance.
Unfortunately, too often their incredible abilities are not enough to protect them from sexual abuse at the hands of coaches, online harassment and abuse by misogynistic spectators, and physical abuse or even murder by intimate partners.
Uganda’s Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei is the latest casualty of the war on women and her brutal murder is a sobering reminder that even elite world athletes cannot outrun the violence chasing them. Kenya and Uganda are home to some of the world’s most elite female runners and, tragically, Cheptegei’s violent death by immolation at the hands of her ex-boyfriend is the third domestic violence-related killing of …
August 29th, 2024 by Lonna Davis, VP Children & Youth
Almost half of all parents say most days they are completely overwhelmed by stress. Even more – two out of three – say they are lonely and isolated from a community of friends and family that could offer social support.
These and other alarming facts are being lifted up in a new U.S. Surgeon General advisory about the crisis of parental stress.…
August 21st, 2024 by Moira McLaughlin, Content Producer
For school professionals, parents, coaches, teens and anyone who works with youth, the new school year can bring both excitement and anxiety. Futures Without Violence offers webinars, videos, podcasts and safety cards to help educators, families and young people to be better prepared as school begins, on topics including healthy relationships, healing from trauma and much more.…
