Topeka City Council Considering Decriminalizing Domestic Violence; DA Stops Prosecuting Misdemeanor DV Cases in Topeka Due to Budget Cuts

During Domestic Violence Awareness Month, when programs helping victims are calling on their communities to send the message that domestic violence will not be tolerated, Topeka, Kansas City Council is considering decriminalizing domestic battery in order to save money. The Topeka City Council is butting heads with Shawnee County District Attorney Chad Taylor, who announced…

Poet Susana Chavez’s Death Sparks Outrage in Juarez

Story By ColorLines The details are horrific: Susana Chavez, an internationally renown poet and long time activist who spoke out against the decade-long femicide of woman in Juarez, was found murdered this week. She had been tortured and suffocated; her left hand had apparently been dismembered with a saw. Chavez is one of over 500…

Femicide: Not enough outrage

Femicide: There’s not enough outrage http://TheStar. com – The Toronto Star, August 12, 2009 Antonia Zerbisias `There’s not enough outrage,” lamented one women’s rights activist at a candlelight vigil for the three women cut down last Tuesday night in a Pittsburgh-area aerobics class. As the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette noted, only 75 people showed up to mourn…

A society saturated by misogyny

This blog is for original comments but this op ed piece by Bob Herbert, New York Times, deserves to be reprinted here. August 8, 2009 Women at Risk By BOB HERBERT “I actually look good. I dress good, am clean-shaven, bathe, touch of cologne — yet 30 million women rejected me,” wrote George Sodini in…

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Topeka City Council Considering Decriminalizing Domestic Violence; DA Stops Prosecuting Misdemeanor DV Cases in Topeka Due to Budget Cuts

Poet Susana Chavez’s Death Sparks Outrage in Juarez

Femicide: Not enough outrage

A society saturated by misogyny