April 17, 2023

Is Domestic Violence The America Way

Experts Call It A Critical Public Health Crisis

Google's Bard Chat AI

Generates Lies

States News

Philly Youth March Against Gun Violence

Domestic Violence Survivors

Seek Pathway Out of Prisons

Nailah Starks tells her domestic violence story

Domestic Violence Survivors Seek a Pathway Out of Louisiana Prisons

Nailah Starks doesn't recall when her father began taking his frustrations with life out on her mother. He would apologize later and promise not to hurt her anymore, only to abuse her again and again-a pattern so common that advocates call it the cycle of violence.

Domestic Violence Is a Public Health Crisis

Experts agree intimate partner violence isn't just harming the primary victims, it's negatively affecting our entire population. It is a crisis that spans generations.

Amanda Kippert describes the impact and reasons there should be a call to action to focus on the threats of domestic violence as substantial in size and impact such that an urgent response is needed.

Kippert is Editor-in Chief of the Domestic Violence Shelters organization and a trained domestic violence advocate.

Why Domestic Violence Is a Public Health Crisis

Why isn't domestic violence talked about as a public health crisis? There have been myriad events labeled public health emergencies or public health crises over the last few decades-heart disease, the opioid epidemic, the impacts of climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic and the healthcare worker shortage that followed, just to name a few. Domestic violence meets the criteria to be declared a public health crisis.

Films That Accurately Portray Domestic Violence

10 DV Films That Accurately Portray the Problem

When we watch movies and see a depiction of something familiar from our own lives, it can be validating. Think about the first time you saw someone who looked like you in a movie or who was from a similar small town or had the same type of heartbreak you just endured.

Sexual Assault In America

Victims of Sexual Violence: Statistics

On average, there are 463,634 victims (age 12 or older) of rape and sexual assault each year in the United States.1 Ages 12-34 are the highest risk years for rape and sexual assault.3 Those age 65 and older are 92% less likely than 12-24 year olds to be a victim of rape or sexual assault, and 83% less likely than 25-49 year olds.4 Read more statistics about about child sexual abuse.

Google's New 'Bard' AI Generates False Information

The Center for Countering Digital Hate study found Google's new AI Chat generates false and harmful narratives on 78 out of 100 topics. The study raises concerns about the potential for malicious use of Bard.

Google's new Bard AI generate lies

A new study raises safety concerns about Google's new Bard AI after finding that the tool generates persuasive misinformation content on 78 out of 100 narratives tested. 'Bard' is a generative AI chatbot that can produce human-sounding text, articles and social media content in response to prompts and questions posed by users.

State News

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She lost her grandson to gun violence: "It's so hard to live with the silence" Pennsylvania Capital-Star

1 in 4 Colorado teens say they can get a loaded gun within 24 hours, new study finds The Denver Post

Global News

Climate Change Adds Increased Risk of Domestic Violence

Extreme weather events do not cause domestic or gender-based violence, but instead exacerbate existing pressures or make it easier for perpetrators to carry out such violence.

In a related story "Lessons from Texas", experts say this global problem is not just linked to smaller, less-wealthy countries.

Climate change puts more women at risk for domestic violence

Pilot Lenaigwanai covers her mouth as she speaks. She is trying to hide her broken tooth, a bitter reminder of all she endured before finding refuge at a shelter for abuse survivors in northern Kenya. The mother of three arrived here in July after being forced from her home by escalating violence.

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