Rape Kit Testing Law Passes, Heads to Ohio Governor’s Desk
Dec. 19, 2014RH Reality CheckNina Liss-SchultzThe Ohio house passed a bill Wednesday meant to completely clear a backlog of untested rape kits in law enforcement offices across the state. After the...
View ArticleThey Put A Celebrity On Camera And Asked Her To Talk About A Rough Topic. She...
Jan. 20, 2015UpworthyLaura WillardIt's not an easy topic to discuss. But we have to do it. Let's talk statistics.1 in 4 women in the United States will be a victim of domestic violence. And 1 in 14 men...
View ArticleNO MORE Releases Chilling Domestic Violence Super Bowl Ad
January 29, 2015MSNBCTamron HallThe co-founder of NO MORE joins Tamron Hall with a look at the campaign’s chilling new Super Bowl commercial about domestic violence. Plus, they discuss a series of PSAs...
View ArticleDepartment of Justice Releases Solicitations for New Rape Kit Reform Initiative
Today, we welcome the U.S. Department of Justice's release of two solicitations for funding to address the backlog of sexual assault kits at law enforcement agencies. This program, funded through a...
View ArticleDespite DNA, the Rapist Got Away
May 19, 2015The New York TimesNicholas KristofROBBINS, Ill. — NATASHA, 14, had just gotten off the school bus after ninth-grade basketball practice one evening and was walking home on a quiet street...
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Joyful Heart's Response: Rice, McDonald and the Message We Need to Send
Last week, former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice was back in the news when a New Jersey court dismissed the domestic violence charge against him following his completion of a pre-trial...
View ArticleWill new focus on rape kit tests put thousands behind bars?
May 30, 2015Associated PressSharon CohenThe evidence piled up for years, abandoned in police property rooms, warehouses and crime labs. Now, tens of thousands of sexual assault kits are giving up their...
View ArticleTens of thousands of rape kits go untested across USA
July 16, 2015USA TodaySteve ReillyA USA TODAY Media Network investigation identified tens of thousands of sexual assault evidence kits never tested by police.In the most detailed nationwide inventory...
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How and Why We Need to Support Survivors: #TheEmptyChair and Ray Rice
This week we are once again inundated with news coverage about high-profile sexual assault and domestic violence cases. First came the New York magazine cover story featuring 35 women’s stories about...
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Highlighting NO MORE Day in the Media
As you likely know, Wednesday marked the public launch of NO MORE, a national movement to end domestic violence and sexual assault. The coverage of the event has been overwhelming, and we know many of...
View ArticleSome advocates believe rape kit testing should not be left to law...
Nov. 9, 2015Idaho Press-TribuneRuth BrownIlse Knecht believes every rape kit that is collected from a potential victim should be tested for two reasons: It sends a message that law enforcement believes...
View ArticleCalifornia to propose an end to statute of limitations in rape cases
Nov. 10, 2015Al JazeeraMarisa TaylorA California lawmaker plans to introduce legislation that would eliminate the statute of limitations on rape and some sexual assault cases, joining a handful of...
View ArticleThis is why thousands of Minnesota rape kits go untested
Nov. 13, 2015St. Paul Pioneer PressElizabeth MohrThe numbers might seem alarming: more than 3,000 rape kits sitting on shelves, untested, at law enforcement agencies across the state. And for more than...
View ArticleChristina Aguilera supports HopeLine's domestic violence prevention initiative
Nov. 14, 2015examiner.comShaina MoskowitzOn Thursday, Nov. 12, Christina Aguilera shared her support and advocacy for domestic violence prevention and awareness, at a private event for HopeLine from...
View ArticleLaw & Order crime show battles rape myths: study
Nov. 19, 2015The StarPeter EdwardsThe popular television drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit may be helping educate television viewers about rape and the importance of sexual consent, a...
View ArticleMariska Hargitay is front and center as 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'...
September 14, 2015Daily NewsJaqueline CutlerShe’s simply arresting.Mariska Hargitay, who plays tough as nails Det. Olivia Benson on “Law & Order: SVU,” expresses only one concern during a...
View ArticleStaffers From The Center In Stamford Talk At Sexual Assault Symposium
September 25, 2015Stamford Daily VoiceTom RennerSponsored by The Do Write Campaign and Joyful Heart Foundation, the conference took an in-depth look at the issue of sexual violence and the social and...
View ArticleThe War on Drugs Could Be Making Our Communities More Dangerous
November 8, 2015Vice NewsJustin GlaweWhen 11 corpses were discovered in and around the Cleveland home of Anthony Sowell in the fall of 2009, there were some 4,000 untested rape kits being neglected by...
View ArticleState Attorney's Office receives $2 million federal grant to clear rape...
September 10, 2015The announcement of the grant follows a news conference in Tampa where Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi pledged to eliminate the backlog of thousands of untested kits statewide....
View ArticleJoyful Heart Foundation and Partners File Amicus Brief in Ohio Case That...
January 20, 2016ENDTHEBACKLOGJoyful Heart FoundationNEW YORK – The Joyful Heart Foundation has filed an amicus brief on behalf of the State of Ohio, which is appealing the Ohio Court of Appeals’...
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