CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM

Our Legal System Needs Urgent Revision!

By Voices of Women | November 24, 2019

I refuse to call the Legal system in this country, a Justice system. It is far, far from being just. In fact, the system too often allows for gross miscarriages of justice, damaging many innocent people, to varying degrees.…

GENERAL NEWS

To Trust, or Not to Trust?

By Voices of Women | November 9, 2019

To trust, or not to trust? That is the question. After exiting from a relationship in which one was abused, how ought one best approach the issue of trust? In my case, possibly unusually, despite having been quite severely…

Sexual Assault of an Unconscious, Intoxicated Woman

By Voices of Women | September 23, 2019

Back in 2015, a man sexually assaulted a woman on a college campus and it became “huge” news! Why? Initially, because the victim was unconscious at the time, due to being intoxicated, and because the perpetrator of the assault was…

Australia. A country that takes Domestic Violence seriously!

By Voices of Women | September 3, 2019

“In the past, Australia has denied travel visas to R&B singer Chris Brown and boxing star Floyd Mayweather due to domestic violence convictions.” Source: https://www.travelandleisure.com/travel-news/australia-bans-travelers-with-domestic-violence-charges Retrieved 8/1019 “On Thursday 28 February 2019 Australian Immigration Minister David Coleman issued a new…

Isolating Himself and Withholding Affection, as Ways to Abuse.

By Voices of Women | September 3, 2019

Have you ever experienced the sort of emotional abuse that involves him locking you OUT OF a room, or withholding affection from you? I have. It is, I think, more often that we hear survivors of Domestic Violence recount stories…

New DOJ Definition of “Domestic Violence”

By Voices of Women | September 3, 2019

The Department of Justice, (DOJ), has changed the definition of “Domestic Violence”! I only recently discovered this and was curious. When I read the new definition, I became concerned. The Department of Justice’s previous definition of “Domestic Violence” was: “A…

Perpetrators and Sentencing

By Voices of Women | June 17, 2019

“To what length of time in prison, on average, are convicted perpetrators of Domestic Violence sentenced?” I had avoided asking myself that question, because I didn’t want to feel further resentment towards the justice system here in New York City,…

PROTECTIVE ORDERS FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN THE U.K.

By Voices of Women | June 17, 2019

In the United Kingdom, (UK), “if the police have reasonable grounds to believe that one person has been violent or threatened violence against another and that a Domestic Violence Protection Notice, (DVPN), is necessary to protect the other person from…

Be active, resist and vote!

By Voices of Women | October 6, 2018

Hold Abusers Accountable By Electing More Women. This is a painful and heartbreaking day. The Supreme Court has taken a hard-right turn and is in an all-out war on women’s rights. Here is what we are up against: a patriarchal system that…

Kavanaugh attended a Catholic School.

By Tracy-Lee Neville, VOW member. | October 6, 2018

Kavanaugh attended a Catholic school! So? What does that prove? Or even suggest? What came to my mind when I heard Kavanaugh state this, was that there are Catholic Priests who have sexually abused children. Kavanaugh suggested that we listen…

The use of Restorative Approaches for cases of IPV?!

By Tracy-Lee Neville, VOW member | April 4, 2018

On March 16th, 2018, a conference was held by the NYC Domestic Violence Task Force, to explore the use of Restorative Approaches to Intimate Partner Violence. My question: Are restorative approaches a viable, sensible, safe option for supporting victims of…

Women’s March

By Anita | January 27, 2018

One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman” reflects Simone de Beauvoir in her book The Second Sex (1949), and I have been wondering of the wisdom of this sentence for quite some time. What does it take for…