Post by lace on Oct 12, 2006 8:48:39 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300]In Their Own Words [/glow]
October 11, 2006
“Protective orders are extremely important, as they are often the first court record of abuse. It is imperative that women continue to seek them. But they have limitations. To uphold one, you must call in a violation to the police and have them come out to enforce it. Anything can happen in those minutes while you are calling the police or waiting from them to arrive. In addition, the order must be kept with you at all times, because the police need to see a copy of the paperwork in order to enforce it. Victims are relieved to receive a protective order. But it alone is not sufficient…Domestic violence is about power and control. There are some red flags, such as the partner being unemployed, children being in the home that he knows are not his, and attempts to strangle the female partner. These are strong indicators of a potentially lethal situation.”
---Annapolis and Anne Arundel County YWCA CEO Janis M. Harvey, editorial, Annapolis Capital, August 27, 2006
“The man who is hurting his partner needs to know that it doesn’t have to be this way. It’s not too late to keep the promise he made to himself, that he wouldn’t cause his own child to have the fear he remembers having when his father shouted at him and his mom. Not too late to stop the harm to loved ones, to avoid the experience of going to jail, and to lighten the sorrows of a violent home. We’re the mother and father of Crystal Judson Brame, who was murdered by her estranged husband, Tacoma Police Chief David Brame. He shot her in the head, and committed suicide in a Gig Harbor parking lot, as their children sat in a car just a few feet away. Our eight-year-old granddaughter held Crystal in her arms as she screamed for help… If you have a son, a brother, a father, a friend, or a co-worker who you know is hurting their partner, help that person to make the call – 1-800-MEN-1089.
--- Lane and Patty Judson, “Help Abusers Make the Right Call,” Seattle Times, August 31, 2006
“Medical experts have shown a clear association between HIV exposure and coerced sex. Wives who suffer violence if they request condom use or faithfulness are at a higher risk of AIDS than unmarried women and girls. That is why defeating the AIDS pandemic requires a second radical proposition: that African women and girls have the right to protection under their own countries’ laws… Rape is an HIV risk factor for tens of millions of African women and children. It requires something more than condom education or ‘empowerment.’ Functioning judicial systems are the next frontier in confronting the pandemic and preventing its spread.”
---Holly Burkhalter, In Africa, Rape as a Risk Factor, Washington Post, August 14, 2006
endabuse.org/newsflash/index.php3?Search=Article&NewsFlashID=799
October 11, 2006
“Protective orders are extremely important, as they are often the first court record of abuse. It is imperative that women continue to seek them. But they have limitations. To uphold one, you must call in a violation to the police and have them come out to enforce it. Anything can happen in those minutes while you are calling the police or waiting from them to arrive. In addition, the order must be kept with you at all times, because the police need to see a copy of the paperwork in order to enforce it. Victims are relieved to receive a protective order. But it alone is not sufficient…Domestic violence is about power and control. There are some red flags, such as the partner being unemployed, children being in the home that he knows are not his, and attempts to strangle the female partner. These are strong indicators of a potentially lethal situation.”
---Annapolis and Anne Arundel County YWCA CEO Janis M. Harvey, editorial, Annapolis Capital, August 27, 2006
“The man who is hurting his partner needs to know that it doesn’t have to be this way. It’s not too late to keep the promise he made to himself, that he wouldn’t cause his own child to have the fear he remembers having when his father shouted at him and his mom. Not too late to stop the harm to loved ones, to avoid the experience of going to jail, and to lighten the sorrows of a violent home. We’re the mother and father of Crystal Judson Brame, who was murdered by her estranged husband, Tacoma Police Chief David Brame. He shot her in the head, and committed suicide in a Gig Harbor parking lot, as their children sat in a car just a few feet away. Our eight-year-old granddaughter held Crystal in her arms as she screamed for help… If you have a son, a brother, a father, a friend, or a co-worker who you know is hurting their partner, help that person to make the call – 1-800-MEN-1089.
--- Lane and Patty Judson, “Help Abusers Make the Right Call,” Seattle Times, August 31, 2006
“Medical experts have shown a clear association between HIV exposure and coerced sex. Wives who suffer violence if they request condom use or faithfulness are at a higher risk of AIDS than unmarried women and girls. That is why defeating the AIDS pandemic requires a second radical proposition: that African women and girls have the right to protection under their own countries’ laws… Rape is an HIV risk factor for tens of millions of African women and children. It requires something more than condom education or ‘empowerment.’ Functioning judicial systems are the next frontier in confronting the pandemic and preventing its spread.”
---Holly Burkhalter, In Africa, Rape as a Risk Factor, Washington Post, August 14, 2006
endabuse.org/newsflash/index.php3?Search=Article&NewsFlashID=799