by jdi-admin | Feb 6, 2025 | Media Coverage
Rappaport panelists share policy reform efforts that center the voices and experiences of sexual assault and domestic violence survivors. The Rappaport Center for Law and Public Policy recently welcomed 2025 Senior Fellow Hema Sarang-Sieminski, who delivered a...
by jdi-admin | Oct 22, 2024 | Media Coverage
Family of Breanne Pennington, a mother of four fatally shot by her husband, Aaron, is still hoping he’ll be found — and they want to shine a light on domestic violence: “Breanne had called for help” By Anika Hope and Alysha Palumbo Tuesday marks one...
by jdi-admin | Oct 9, 2024 | Media Coverage
By Jeremy C. Fox Globe Staff There are often warning signs of abuse in an intimate partner or family relationship that can foreshadow more extreme brutality to come, advocates for survivors of domestic violence said in the wake of a weekend double homicide and suicide...
by jdi-admin | Sep 9, 2024 | Media Coverage
By Marilyn Schairer, GBH September 09, 2024 Last week as many Boston area college and university students got ready to celebrate their first weekend of the school year, they also got a reminder: Stay safe. The Boston Police Department issued a community alert about...
by jdi-admin | Jun 20, 2024 | Media Coverage
PUBLISHED 6/20/2024 by LISA ARONSON FONTES A new bill signed into law on Thursday cracks down on coercive control by domestic abusers and bans revenge pornography in Massachusetts. Gov. Maura Healey during 2023 Massachusetts Conference for Women on Dec. 14,...
by jdi-admin | Jun 13, 2024 | Media Coverage
Dominique Farrell, GBH June 13, 2024 Updated June 14, 2024 The Massachusetts Senate voted 38-0 to criminalize what’s known as revenge porn, the sharing of intimate or sexually-explicit images without the subject’s consent. The vote follows the unanimous approval of...
