Two Women Died on an Alaska Mayor’s Property. No One Has Ever Been Charged. — ProPublica

Before they died, Jennifer Kirk and Sue Sue Norton were both victims of domestic violence, but the men involved — the ex-mayor’s sons — faced few consequences despite a long history of similar allegations. Source: Two Women Died on an Alaska Mayor’s Property. No One Has Ever Been Charged. — ProPublica

Tina Turner Talking About Ike’s Domestic Abuse Helped Other Survivors – Rolling Stone

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Ruth Glenn remembers the first time she read I, Tina, the powerful 1986 autobiography in which Tina Turner details the extensive abuse she suffered at the hands of her husband, Ike.Glenn, who read the book when it was first published, was “moved and encouraged” by Tina’s personal accounts; they were particularly momentous because it was…

In Court-Ordered Family Reunification Camps, Kids Allege More Abuse — ProPublica

Family courts are increasingly using programs like Turning Points for Families to treat the disputed psychological theory of parental alienation. But little is publicly known about the programs’ controversial methods. Content warning: Report mentions abuse, self harm, and suicide. Source: In Court-Ordered Family Reunification Camps, Kids Allege More Abuse — ProPublica

How A Ugandan Woman Empowered 300 Domestic Abused Women!

How A Ugandan Woman Empowered 300 Domestic Abused Women
How A Ugandan Woman Empowered 300 Domestic Abused Women! from YouTube

The Image of AFRICA has been DISTORTED around the WORLD & We are CHANGING the NARRATIVES via YOUTUBE videos One Country At Time.Until the HISTORY of AFRICA …

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsBWXZkUtf0&ab_channel=WODEMAYA[/embed] Read more and learn how you can help at Ride 4 A Woman Uganda.

M2KaNE – MaDlamini (Official Music Video)

M2KaNE - MaDlamini (Official Music Video)
M2KaNE – MaDlamini (Official Music Video) from YouTube

This song is proudly dedicated to Phindiwe Edna Mbatyoti, my mother. Ndyabulela MaDlamini, you have raised a good man.

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfTrsAn63M8&ab_channel=M2KaNE[/embed] I’m here to pander to a heart that has been vilified That’s always pampered me and harvested my inner fire I wanna see you smileDon’t wanna see you cry I wanna be the one who always let’s your demons down Relentless in your quest to make your baby fly I’ll always grind until I…

International Women’s Month | Turning the GBV tide through music

Turning the GBV tide through music
International Women’s Month | Turning the GBV tide through music from YouTube

Artists are joining the fight against GBVF by promoting positive messages in a form of spreading love and peace.

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xZ30sAEuhA&ab_channel=eNCA[/embed] Artists are joining the fight against GBVF by promoting positive messages in a form of spreading love and peace. M2Kane has released Madlamini in one of his EP’s in celebrating his mother. #eNCA Courtesy #DStv403

Contradictions and Convictions: Megan Thee Stallion and why abolition can’t wait – Scalawag

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Contradictions and Convictions: Megan Thee Stallion and why abolition can’t wait by Da’Shaun Harrison (scalawagmagazine.org)

After jokes like ‘abolition can wait’ resounded in the wake of the Tory Lanez conviction, a course correction: ‘I don’t care to condemn folks who celebrate Tory’s conviction, I do care about abolition being misrepresented.

The violence of carcerality is two-fold, though, and this is why convictions are not “wins” so much as they are sometimes understood by some as means to an end. Megan must still live with the trauma of being shot, and Tory is not encouraged at all to be accountable for his abuse—not even after being…

How divorced Muslim women in the US are fighting for what they’re owed | Middle East Eye

Eman* was 24 years old when her husband divorced her. She described him as an abusive, manipulative man and said the only thing he ever did right was when he uttered the words “I divorce you” three times.   Both Eman’s and her now ex-husband’s families wanted them to save the marriage. For them, anything…

Mother, Three Children Gunned Down After Protective Order Denied, Suspect In Custody

According to police, the mother’s former boyfriend, Jonah Adams, 35, was arrested in connection to the deaths of 39-year-old JoAnna Cottle and her three children, Kaelyn Parson, 13, and 4-year-old twins Kinsey and Jayson Cottle.Chesterfield police say the bodies of the mother and her three children were found at a home in the 4200 block…

Identifying Risks and Interventions to Optimize Postpartum Health

Maternal health research efforts have generally focused on pregnancy. However, the first year after the end of pregnancy, also referred to as the first year of the postpartum period, is an especially vulnerable time for people who give birth. The majority of maternal deaths (from all causes, including health conditions and violence) and severe pregnancy-related complications…

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