SAFE Newsletter 12/12/2018
Domestic Violence

By Galion Inquirer on 12/12/2018

"... Where are the male voices? Why aren’t men involved in preventing domestic violence? Will men listen to men?

“Now, when it comes to men and male culture, the goal is to get men who are not abusive to challenge men who are,” proclaimed Jackson Katz. He continued the TED Talk: “We need more men with the guts, with the courage, with the strength, with the moral integrity to break our complicit silence and challenge each other and stand with women and not against them.” TED.com. ..."

By Full Fact on 12/06/2018

"... We’ve been asked by a reader to look into what percentage of domestic abuse victims are male.

Males made up 31%, or one in every three, of those aged between 16 and 74 who reported having been the victims of domestic abuse since they were 16. That’s according to a large survey of crime in England and Wales. ..."

By News Day on 12/12/2018

"... ZWLA legal officer, Clara Chikohora, said although the majority of domestic violence and sexual abuse victims were women, men were also affected, but the majority suffered in silence.

“We are saying as women let us not shun men who go through abuse,” Chikohora said at a Women Coalition of Zimbabwe public meeting on gender-based violence held in Gweru last Friday. ..."
Elder Abuse

By Seattle Weekly on 12/12/2018

"... As  Seattle’s senior population rises , elder abuse is increasingly becoming an issue on city officials and caretakers’ radars. Advocates throughout the nation are calling on states to increase public awareness of elder abuse and for courts to respond to the epidemic. ..."

By The Washington Post 12/09/2018

"... Scams. Shady caregivers. Poor care. Elder mistreatment has many faces — from financial exploitation to physical and emotional abuse. About  10 percent of those 60 and older  are reportedly affected by it in the United States. ..."

By Kare 11 on 12/11/2018

"... Abuse knows no age limits. Children can suffer both physical and emotional abuse at the hands of those who are supposed to care for them, but so do the elderly.

On Tuesday in The Sandwich Generation, Jean Peters of  Elder Voice Family Advocates  and Erin Parrish  from AARP  visited KARE 11 News at 11 to talk about the problem and signs that a senior you love and care about is being abused. ..."
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