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Single homeless women in Massachusetts are invisible while facing overlapping challenges

by jdi-admin | Mar 22, 2024 | Media Coverage

Ruihan Yang Boston University Statehouse Program After years of being homeless, Amy “adapted” to living on the streets under insecurity. “I thought I wasn’t going to wake up, but I woke up, and I’m fine. The more I feel adapted to staying outside without a person that...

Advocates say it’s time to expand the definition of domestic violence

by jdi-admin | Mar 22, 2024 | Media Coverage

Hannah Loss March 22, 2024 Massachusetts could join a small group of states expanding the definition of domestic violence to include acts of coercive control. The Senate bill passed on Thursday not only amends the state’s criminal harassment law and establishes...

Jane Doe Inc. Statement on the Senate Passage of An Act to Prevent Abuse and Exploitation

by jdi-admin | Mar 21, 2024 | Statements, What's New

Contact: Katherine Sele, katherine@ninetywest.com Jane Doe Inc. Statement on the Senate Passage of An Act to Prevent Abuse and Exploitation Jane Doe Inc. (JDI), the Massachusetts Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence, released the following statement...

‘I nearly took my own life.’ Mass. poised to become 49th state to outlaw ‘revenge porn.’

by jdi-admin | Mar 21, 2024 | Media Coverage

By Matt Stout Globe Staff,Updated March 20, 2024, 4:46 p.m. When Katelynn Spencer discovered in 2020 that two videos of her had been uploaded to a pornographic website, they had already been online for a decade. By then, she said, the videos — both recorded when she...

PRESS RELEASE: Jane Doe Inc. Leads 2024 Advocacy Day on Beacon Hill to Support Key Legislative and Budget Priorities

by jdi-admin | Mar 20, 2024 | Press Release, What's New

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jane Doe Inc. Leads 2024 Advocacy Day on Beacon Hill to Support Key Legislative and Budget Priorities Along with survivors, advocates, and legislators, JDI called for critical policy action to support survivors and prevent violence Boston, MA –...

Massachusetts Senate approves changing state’s sex education guidelines to be more inclusive

by jdi-admin | Mar 4, 2024 | Media Coverage

By Tiffany Chan, CBS Boston BOSTON – The Massachusetts State Senate approved a bill Thursday to update the state’s sex education curriculum in schools and make it more inclusive. The proposal would include teaching students about gender identity as well as...

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