Slate: What George Huguely’s Murder Conviction Can Teach Us About Domestic Violence
By Kimberly Lo On Wednesday, George Huguely was found guilty in the murder of his on-again, off-again girlfriend, fellow University of Virginia lacrosse player Yeardley Love. He was given a prison sentence of 26 years. Their affair was marked by heated public arguments, nasty email exchanges, and even violence. For over a year, I was involved [...]
India Ink: From Bollywood Starlet To Florida Women’s Rights Champion
By Sarah Khan Today she runs a non-profit organization in Florida that rescues women from domestic violence, but in another life, Somy Ali was just a girl with a Bollywood crush — and a girl on a mission. And so, in 1992, at the startlingly young age of 15, she moved from Miami to Mumbai [...]
Rights Advocate Neeti Kushwaha: Be a human!
For our Indian audience, here is an inspirational poem from our Lucknow-based rights advocate Neeti Kushwaha about the struggles of being a woman in a repressive society. And for the non-Hindi speakers, here’s an English translation: Will these handcuffs ever break? Will there ever be a change in the way that society functions? Or will women [...]
Mallika Dutt’s Take on Innovation and Human Rights at TEDxGateway
This past November, Breakthrough’s President and CEO, Mallika Dutt, shared her journey as a human rights advocate and what that experience has taught her about innovation within the field. In case you missed it, here’s the video:
Huffington Post: Violence Against Women Act Becomes Partisan Issue
WASHINGTON — Protecting women from violence and abuse has been an issue of bipartisan cooperation since President Clinton signed the landmark Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) in 1994. It was reauthorized with overwhelming bipartisan support in 2000 and again in 2005. Not this year. On Feb. 2, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved legislation (S. 1925) [...]
Hindustan Times: Domestic violence on the rise, 22 cases reported this year
By Divya Sethi Domestic violence against women is widely prevalent in Gurgaon. As many as 22 cases of domestic violence have been reported till February 13 this year. According to the women and child welfare department, about 20 cases on an average are reported every month in the district. Last year, a total of 181 such [...]
Elder Abuse as Domestic Violence: A Growing Concern
According to the World Bank, in 2010 India had a massive population that just keeps growing. The elder population alone has demonstrated growth in recent years. In 2000, the population of those 65 or older was just over 62 million and by mid-2011, there were over 90 million elders. And, it is projected that this [...]
The Ticker 2.13.12
Here’s a weekly digest of important news stories from around the world: Republicans Retreat on Domestic Violence 2.9.12, The New York Times Breaking the Cycle of Violence Against Women and Children: The Domestic Violence Judicial Support Act 2.9.12, Huffington Post
The Detriments of the Dowry Tradition
Winter is the season for weddings in India. The time for shehnai, hot bhajjias and jalebis, taking out the fine silk and donning the best jewelry and catching up with friends and family during these social occasions. It is also the season when the bride’s father wears his ‘pagri’ (turban) and prepares to give away [...]
Dude of the Day: Farhan Akhtar
Famous Bollywood actor Farhan Akhtar has a new mission – to fight violence against women! The multifaceted Akhtar has provided support to Delhi Police by being part of a newspaper campaign aimed at educating people on the issue of violence against women. In the advertisement, Akhtar sends an important message to Delhiites saying, “Make Delhi safer for [...]
Times of India: Workshop for RMC staff to curb domestic violence
RANCHI: In an attempt to reduce cases of domestic violence with help of elected representatives, Women Helpline and Child Line in association with Unicef organized an orientation workshop for ward councillors of Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC). The participants were made aware of the role they can play in counselling families living in their respective wards to check cases of [...]
Breakthrough at UnBox
Unbox festival (2nd Feb-5th Feb 2012) is a blend of different events, conference, workshops, exhibitions and performances designed in sync with one another, to stimulate thought, debate and action. Various themes for the conference were Photography and Public Access, Digital Activism, Livelihood for Children, Sustainable fashion, lifestyle etc. http://www.unboxfestival.com Breakthrough was a part of this [...]
The Ticker 2.6.12
Here’s a weekly digest of important news stories from around the world: Cuts force domestic violence refuges to turn victims away 1.31.12, The Guardian How I Convinced Myself to Stay in a Violent Relationship 1.31.12, Huffington Post ‘Honour’-based violence runs deep and wide 2.1.12, The Guardian Your Domestic Violence Awareness Campaign Probably Isn’t Helping Me 1.31.12, The Good [...]
