http://www.mail.com/subjects/17190-domestic-violence.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/17190-domestic-violence.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2102260-afghan-students-protest-womens-rights-decree.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Hard-line Islamist students protested in the Afghan capital demanding the repeal of a presidential decree for women's rights that they say is un-Islamic. It was the latest sign of a backlash against the legal protections passed in the 12 years since the toppling of the Taliban regime known for its harsh treatment of women. The pr... Thu, 23 May 2013 00:35:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2102260-afghan-students-protest-womens-rights-decree.html 2013-05-23T00:35:27Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2101904-jury-arias-trial-adjourns-day-impasse.html PHOENIX (AP) — Jurors in the Jodi Arias murder trial said Wednesday they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict on whether she should be sentenced to life in prison or death for killing her one-time boyfriend, prompting the judge to instruct them to keep trying. The panel reported its impasse after only about two and a half hours of deliberations. Judge... Thu, 23 May 2013 00:11:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2101904-jury-arias-trial-adjourns-day-impasse.html 2013-05-23T00:11:07Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2099758-group-afghan-women-jailed-moral-crimes.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The number of Afghan women and girls jailed for "moral crimes" has risen dramatically in the past 18 months, raising concerns that gains in women's rights might be reversed with the withdrawal of most international troops next year, a rights group said Tuesday. New York-based Human Rights Watch said 600 females are now detained u... Tue, 21 May 2013 13:57:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2099758-group-afghan-women-jailed-moral-crimes.html 2013-05-21T13:57:20Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2094832-afghan-lawmakers-block-law-womens-rights.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Conservative religious lawmakers in Afghanistan blocked legislation on Saturday aimed at strengthening provisions for women's freedoms, arguing that parts of it violate Islamic principles and encourage disobedience. The fierce opposition highlights how tenuous women's rights remain a dozen years after the ouster of the hard-line ... Sat, 18 May 2013 15:25:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2094832-afghan-lawmakers-block-law-womens-rights.html 2013-05-18T15:25:10Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2057488-biden-abused-women-fear-raped-system.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden says many women who are raped or physically abused don't report it because they don't want, in his words, "to get raped again by the system." Biden says many women who are abused are ashamed and embarrassed. He says it takes enormous courage for women to come forward and ask for help after being victims of domest... Thu, 02 May 2013 00:06:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2057488-biden-abused-women-fear-raped-system.html 2013-05-02T00:06:47Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2023480-defense-rests-case-jodi-arias-murder-trial.html PHOENIX (AP) — Defense attorneys in Jodi Arias' murder trial rested their case Tuesday after about 2 1/2 months of testimony aimed at portraying the defendant as a domestic violence victim who was forced to fight for her life on the day she killed her one-time boyfriend. The trial is expected to continue at least several more weeks before jurors begin del... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:51:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2023480-defense-rests-case-jodi-arias-murder-trial.html 2013-04-17T00:51:24Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2008644-prosecutor-paints-jodi-arias-manipulative-liar.html PHOENIX (AP) — The prosecutor in Jodi Arias' murder trial worked Tuesday to portray the defendant as a manipulative liar as he questioned a defense witness' contention that Arias suffered domestic abuse at the hands of the boyfriend she has admitted killing. Psychotherapist Alyce LaViolette has been testifying for more than a week about her conclusion tha... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 01:51:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2008644-prosecutor-paints-jodi-arias-manipulative-liar.html 2013-04-10T01:51:25Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1940364-3-women-day-killed-partner-south-africa.html JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Reeva Steenkamp, the model and law graduate shot and killed by Oscar Pistorius, was statistically just one of three women killed on Valentine's Day by an intimate partner, according to a study on violence against women that damns South Africa as having "the highest rate ever reported in research anywhere in the world." Steenkamp's kill... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 10:35:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1940364-3-women-day-killed-partner-south-africa.html 2013-03-08T10:35:27Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1937540-law-tribes-authority-non-indians.html FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — American Indian tribes have tried everything from banishment to charging criminal acts as civil offenses to deal with non-Indians who commit crimes on reservations. Ever since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1978 that tribal courts lack criminal jurisdiction over non-Indians, tribes have had to get creative in trying to hold that p... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 02:03:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1937540-law-tribes-authority-non-indians.html 2013-03-08T02:03:44Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1937500-obama-signs-expanded-violence-women.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama signed expanded protections for domestic violence victims into law Thursday, renewing a measure credited with curbing attacks against women a year and a half after it lapsed amid partisan bickering. The revitalized Violence Against Women Act also marked an important win for gay rights advocates and Native Americans... Thu, 07 Mar 2013 21:14:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1937500-obama-signs-expanded-violence-women.html 2013-03-07T21:14:43Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1920930-congress-passes-bill-renewing-anti-violence-law.html WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans raised the white flag Thursday on extending domestic violence protections to gays, lesbians and transsexuals after months of resisting an expansion of the Violence Against Women Act. GOP leaders, who had tried to limit the bill before last November's election, gave the go-ahead for the House to accept a more ambitious S... Thu, 28 Feb 2013 20:34:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1920930-congress-passes-bill-renewing-anti-violence-law.html 2013-02-28T20:34:39Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1917858-house-to-take-up-senates-anti-violence.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress appeared on a course to renew the expired Violence Against Women Act after House Republican leaders on Tuesday agreed to take up a version of the 1994 anti-domestic violence law that passed the Senate two weeks ago by a wide, bipartisan margin. The decision to allow a vote on the Senate bill, rather than insist on the House GOP'... Wed, 27 Feb 2013 02:17:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1917858-house-to-take-up-senates-anti-violence.html 2013-02-27T02:17:42Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1909064-house-to-take-up-version-anti-violence.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The House and Senate appeared headed for another partisan battle as the House prepared to take up its version of the once-noncontroversial Violence Against Women Act. The Republican-crafted House bill to renew the popular 1994 act, which expired in 2011, was introduced Friday to instant criticism from Senate Democrats, who said it fell s... Fri, 22 Feb 2013 21:57:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1909064-house-to-take-up-version-anti-violence.html 2013-02-22T21:57:49Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1904068-republicans-offer-deal-american-indian-courts.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Several House Republicans on Wednesday proposed legislation on Native American courts that could lay the groundwork for a compromise on the stalled Violence Against Women Act. The legislation gives tribal courts the authority to prosecute non-Indians accused of abusing partners on tribal lands. The bill, introduced by Reps. Darrell Issa ... Wed, 20 Feb 2013 20:51:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1904068-republicans-offer-deal-american-indian-courts.html 2013-02-20T20:51:14Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1891936-womens-security-raised-american-indian-leader.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The president of the National Congress of American Indians urged the House on Thursday to pass the Violence Against Women Act so Native Americans and Alaska Natives can "protect their own people and surrounding communities against brutality." Jefferson Keel's appeal followed Senate passage on Tuesday of the act that continues to allow fu... Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:44:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1891936-womens-security-raised-american-indian-leader.html 2013-02-14T20:44:41Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1885546-senate-approves-anti-violence-women.html WASHINGTON (AP) — By a robust bipartisan majority, the Senate voted Tuesday to renew the Violence Against Women Act with new assurances that gays and lesbians, immigrants and Native American women will have equal access to the act's anti-domestic violence programs. The 78-22 Senate vote to reauthorize the two-decade-old act that has shielded millions of w... Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1885546-senate-approves-anti-violence-women.html 2013-02-12T19:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1875090-senate-poised-to-renew-violence-women.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators tussled Thursday over whether Indian authorities should be able to prosecute non-Indians in domestic abuse cases, an issue that has delayed passage of legislation to renew the federal government's main law in the fight against domestic violence. A final vote on reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act is now scheduled for Mo... Thu, 07 Feb 2013 20:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1875090-senate-poised-to-renew-violence-women.html 2013-02-07T20:49:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1867372-senate-tries-to-move-anti-violence-bill.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats, bolstered by Republican support, on Monday launched a new attempt to broaden a law protecting women from domestic abuse by expanding its provisions to cover gays, lesbians and Native Americans. The legislation to renew the Violence Against Women Act appeared on a smooth path toward passage in the Senate, possibly by the... Mon, 04 Feb 2013 22:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1867372-senate-tries-to-move-anti-violence-bill.html 2013-02-04T22:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1776044-outrage-grows-india-gang-rape-bus.html NEW DELHI (AP) — The hours-long gang-rape and near-fatal beating of a 23-year-old student on a bus in New Delhi triggered outrage and anger across the country Wednesday as Indians demanded action from authorities who have long ignored persistent violence and harassment against women. In the streets and in Parliament, calls rose for stringent and swift pun... Wed, 19 Dec 2012 13:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1776044-outrage-grows-india-gang-rape-bus.html 2012-12-19T13:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1763284-senate-takes-step-toward-banning-stalking-software.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A loophole that permits software companies to sell cyberstalking apps that operate secretly on cellphones could soon be closed by Congress. The software is popular among jealous wives or husbands because it can continuously track the whereabouts of a spouse. The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill Thursday that makes it a crime fo... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 23:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1763284-senate-takes-step-toward-banning-stalking-software.html 2012-12-13T23:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1758028-un-despite-law-afghan-women-suffer-abuse.html KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan women are frequent victims of abuse, despite some success by authorities in prosecuting rape cases, forced marriages and domestic violence under a 3-year-old law, according to a report issued Tuesday by the United Nations. The report came out a day after gunmen shot and killed the head of the women's affairs department for... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 13:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1758028-un-despite-law-afghan-women-suffer-abuse.html 2012-12-11T13:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1738212-chiefs-owner-hunt-so-people-hurting.html KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs chairman Clark Hunt offered his condolences Sunday to the families affected by the murder-suicide involving one of his players, calling it "an incredibly difficult 24 hours for our family and for our organization." Hunt spoke to The Associated Press on the field before the Chiefs' game against the Carolina Panthers. He said ... Sun, 02 Dec 2012 19:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1738212-chiefs-owner-hunt-so-people-hurting.html 2012-12-02T19:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1738272-kc-fans-observe-moment-violence-victims.html KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Before the Kansas City Chiefs kicked off their game Sunday, fans at Arrowhead Stadium observed a moment of silence for the victims of domestic violence and their families. Not mentioned was Jovan Belcher, the Chiefs linebacker who killed his girlfriend and then himself a day earlier, across the parking lot from the stadium. Barely ... Sun, 02 Dec 2012 18:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/football/1738272-kc-fans-observe-moment-violence-victims.html 2012-12-02T18:28:00Z