U S Children's firearm mortality rate highest in the world. Gun safety laws work. Survivor Resources help.

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July 19, 2023

U S Child Firearm Mortality Rate

Highest in World

Gun Safety Laws Save Lives

Everytown Offers Resources For Survivors

NCOSE Offers Resources

For People Affected By Sexual Abuse, Sex Trafficking

States News

Michigan Legislation to Focus On Domestic Violence

Maine First State to Enact Equality Model Law

Maternal Mortality Rate Rises in Washington

Gun Violence

U S Firearm Mortality Rate

KFF reports child and teen firearm mortality in the U S has by far the highest rate of child firearm mortality among peer nations.U S states with the most gun laws have lower rates for children and teen firearm deaths than states with few gun laws.

Child and Teen Firearm Mortality in the U.S. and Peer Countries

Firearms were responsible for 20 percent of all child and teen deaths in the U.S. for both 2020 and 2021, compared to an average of less than 2 percent in similarly large and wealthy nations. This puts the U.S. far ahead of peer nations in child and teen firearm deaths.

Gun Safety

Resources for Victims and Survivors of Gun Violence

Everytown offers resources and information to help victims and survivors of gun violence.

Resources for Victims and Survivors of Gun Violence

Gun violence in the United States has emotional, medical, financial, and legal consequences for individuals and communities. Explore the resources offered by Everytown.

Gun Safety Video for Children

Study Shows Importance of Education

The Conversation reports that according to a randomized clinical trial published by JAMA Pediatrics, educating kids can save lives. Find out what other research is being done.

A 1-minute gun safety video helped preteen children be more careful around real guns - new research

Kids were more likely to tell an adult and less likely to touch or hold a handgun that they discovered if they'd recently watched a short video about gun safety.

Global News

Gender Pay Gap

New U K data reveals Barbie's gender pay gap compared to Ken. 90 percent of Barbie's jobs pay men more money for doing the same job. Women continue to be underpaid in the working world.

New UK data reveals Barbie's gender pay gap compared to Ken

Over a lifetime of work, Barbie would earn £4 million (approximately $7.7 million AUD) less than Ken just for being a woman.

Global News

World Bank Report

The World Bank reports that gender equality is under threat across the world and hard-won gains are being reversed.

The new strategy of the World Bank Group will reaffirm commitment to nondiscrimination, inclusion, and equality of opportunity.

To achieve gender equality, business as usual is not an option

Gender equality is a fundamental human right, a matter of fairness and justice. It is a foundation for a peaceful and prosperous world and essential for development. It is also at the heart of the World Bank Group's vision to create a world free of poverty on a livable planet.

State News

Next round of Michigan gun safety legislation to focus on domestic violence, suicide prevention MichiganAdvance

Cameron wants Kentuckians' out-of-state abortion records to be available to authorities COURIER

Maternal mortality rates rise in WA, especially for indigenous WashingtonStateStandard

Maine is the first state in the country to enact a law known as the Equality Model CATW

It's time for buildings to stop using a third of U S energy, some states say Stateliness

Interactive Map: U S abortion policies and access after ROE Guttmacher

For Your Information

National Survey of Gun Policy JohnsHopkins

988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline adds Spanish text and chat service ahead of one-year service anniversary SAMHSA

Why Trump's prosecution for keeping secret documents is lawful, constitutional, precedented, nonpartisan, merited TheConversation

What does the recent literature say about medicaid expansion? Impact on sexual and reproductive health KFF

It's time to kick PFAS out of our makeup Harvard Public Health

Struggling to cancel an online service? You're not alone

The Conversation

A pathway to safety: the U S national plan to end gender-based violence CAW

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These organizations listed on our website are offering workshops, virtual classrooms, new programs, updates on their initiatives, valuable resources, and news you can use.

How to prevent child sexual abuse material (CSAM) RAINN

Resource On The Go podcast - Sexual harassment, abuse, and assault are serious and widespread - but we can work together to eliminate them. Each episode presents insights from experts that we can learn from and share NSVRC

Many people have been affected by pornography, sexual abuse, sex trafficking and more either directly or through those they love and care about. Here are resources to help understand the issues and with both prevention and recovery efforts NCOSE

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