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103 Times: Women’s Pleas For Help Went Unmet
On any given day, 350 advocates work to help victims of domestic violence in Connecticut. But because of shrinking funds, Connecticut has 10 less domestic violence workers this year, and most of those...
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Why Goodell Should Stay
Here’s a suggestion for Roger Goodell, the commissioner of the National Football League. Stay. Of late, the NFL has been roiled by the bad behavior of some of its members, including the violence former...
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Change The Law That Allows Gun Rights To Trump Protective Orders
In 2014, Lori Jackson Gellatly was shot and killed by her estranged husband, after she had moved from the family’s home with the couple’s twin toddlers to her mother’s house in Oxford. Lori Gellatly...
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CT’s Fight Against Human Trafficking
In the last few years, groups that previously hadn’t worked together are joining forces to combat human trafficking. Yes, human trafficking right here in Connecticut. Those entities include agencies...
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Securing Housing And Privacy Is Complicated In Domestic Violence Cases
Building a new emergency housing system that would accommodate the privacy needs of victims of domestic violence in Connecticut has been complicated, frustrating work. iStock Photo.The state works to...
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103 Times: Women’s Pleas For Help Went Unmet
On any given day, 350 advocates work to help victims of domestic violence in Connecticut. But because of shrinking funds, Connecticut has 10 less domestic violence workers this year, and most of those...
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Why Goodell Should Stay
Here’s a suggestion for Roger Goodell, the commissioner of the National Football League. Stay. Of late, the NFL has been roiled by the bad behavior of some of its members, including the violence former...
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Change The Law That Allows Gun Rights To Trump Protective Orders
In 2014, Lori Jackson Gellatly was shot and killed by her estranged husband, after she had moved from the family’s home with the couple’s twin toddlers to her mother’s house in Oxford. Lori Gellatly...
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CT’s Fight Against Human Trafficking
In the last few years, groups that previously hadn’t worked together are joining forces to combat human trafficking. Yes, human trafficking right here in Connecticut. Those entities include agencies...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Securing Housing And Privacy Is Complicated In Domestic Violence Cases
Building a new emergency housing system that would accommodate the privacy needs of victims of domestic violence in Connecticut has been complicated, frustrating work. iStock Photo.The state works to...
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Intimate Partner Violence Remains Pervasive; Efforts Seek To Break The Cycle
West Hartford resident Adrienne Doughty recalls the summer night in the family camper when her then-husband hurled an object at her that whipped past head before shattering a window. The sound of...
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Working Families Win Some, Lose Some In 2018 Legislative Session
While the Trump administration seeks to dismantle any and all things Obamacare, Connecticut legislators, in the waning days of this year’s legislative session, passed a bill that protects important...
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Violence Against Women Act Needs A Permanent Funding Solution
Much has been made of the #MeToo movement—and rightfully so—but an important discussion central to the movement has been sidelined. Again. This time, the safety of women has been subsumed in a strange...
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It’s Time For GOP Senators To Stand Up For Women
Dear U.S. Senators, I am writing to ask you to do the right thing. The U.S. House of Representatives—including the entire Connecticut delegation—voted last week to reauthorize a version of the Violence...
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When Staying Home Isn’t Safe, Domestic Violence Advocates Provide Online...
For most of last week, representatives from the Connecticut Judicial Branch and the Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence (CCADV) went back and forth, trying to figure out how to protect...
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As Pandemic Grinds On, Domestic Violence Shelters Grapple With Budget Gaps...
Katherine Verano is wrestling with an 830% increase in costs compared with last year for hoteling victims of domestic violence during the coronavirus pandemic. After a quiet period during the first...
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Women Of Color Overrepresented In Domestic Violence Arrests, Data Show
Black and Hispanic women make up about 25% of the state’s female population but represent about 53% of domestic violence arrest cases for adult females in 2020, Judicial Branch data show. It’s a...
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