One in six seventh graders are victims of dating violence: survey from...
The article reports, “Seventh-grade students have experienced alarming rates of physical violence at the hands of a romantic partner, including being shoved, grabbed, hit or kicked, a survey of middle...
View ArticleDomestic violence video game targets teens from NBC10, 11/19/12
The article reports, “Schools in Southern New England now have a new tool in the fight against bullying and teen dating violence. Educators are always looking at ways to help make learning more fun and...
View ArticleTeen Dating Violence Linked to Long-Term Harmful Effects from Science Daily,...
The article reports, “Teenagers in physically or psychologically aggressive dating relationships are more than twice as likely to repeat such damaging relationships as adults and report increased...
View ArticleeNewsletter: February/March 2013
Awareness: Pay it forward! In the advocacy community, the beginning of a new year ushers in a multitude of opportunities for calling attention to priority issues that impact our work. We spent January...
View ArticleBoyfriend Trainer, controversial smartphone app, ripped for endorsing...
The article reports, “The game allows players to hit, strangle and electrocute their virtual boyfriends if they slip up. Many users have slammed the app, rated for children over the age of 4, for...
View ArticlePresidential Proclamation — National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and...
“This year, it is estimated that 1 in 10 teens will be hurt intentionally by someone they are dating. While this type of abuse cuts across lines of age and gender, young women are disproportionately...
View ArticleStudy finds promoting healthy relationships has a positive impact in middle...
The Start Strong evaluation is one of the few, and largest, studies to take an in-depth look at healthy relationship development and TDV prevention efforts involving middle school students. Read more:...
View ArticlePrivilege, Among Rape Victims from The New York Times, 12/21/2014
“Survey data from 1995 to 2011. We found that the estimated rate of sexual assault and rape of female college students, ages 18 to 24, was 6.1 per 1,000 students. This is nothing to be proud of, but it...
View ArticleStudent lobbyists to advocate on Capitol Hill for sexual violence education...
The bill would be the first national legislation to fund education about sexual violence and healthy relationships, and is currently under review by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions...
View ArticleHelp Teens Navigate Dangers of Domestic Violence from Philly.com, 03/23/2015
Teen dating violence is a pattern of controlling and abusive behavior used by one partner to gain power over the other. Such behavior includes physical, sexual, emotional, and/or psychological abuse....
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