Aniversario de accidente de Brown-Rihanna

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Young Domestic Violence Victim Offers Advice to Teens

Continuacion de noticias sobre mes de prevencion de violencia en el noviazgo en EEUU. Vayan al link para escuchar a la muchacha hablando... http://www.fox8.com/news/wjw-domestic-violence-txt,0,5430450.story

From:http://www.fox8.com/news/wjw-domestic-violence-txt,0,5430450.story

CLEVELAND -- The first day of February marked the beginning of Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week. According to the Domestic Violence Center in Cleveland, roughly one-in-three high school students have been or will be involved in an abusive relationship.

"I don't want anybody else to go through something like this," said Johanna Orozco.

Orozco, 20, was shot in 2007 by Juan Ruiz, her then 17-year-old ex-boyfriend who she previously accused of rape. Orozco's jaw was left shattered and she required several surgeries to repair the damage. Ruiz is now in prison serving a 21-year sentence. The two had been dating and Orozco was hiding the abuse in the relationship.

Today, Johanna talks to teenagers about survival. "I told myself, this is what I need to do," said Orozco. "This is what I have to do and I'm going to do anything in my power to change what I can't change."

"My mistake was not telling anybody anything from the beginning," said Orozco. "I never told a friend, a family, a teacher, anybody. What I tell everybody else, don't be afraid to say something. Don't be afraid to tell anybody close to you because it just gets worse."

This week, the Cavs have teamed-up with the Better Halves and the Domestic Violence Center to raise awareness to the problem. "There were about 35% of teens in the local area who said they know someone in a teen dating violence relationship or they, themselves, have been in it," said Domestic Violence Center Executive Director Linda Johanek. "It's really scary what teens are experiencing and like Johanna said, they don't tell anyone."

Johanna now works as a teen educator and talks to high school kids about the warning signs. They include verbal criticism and abuse, social isolation, blame and jealousy.

"Jealousy was the main one," said Orozco. "I didn't think it was a big deal. I thought it was cute, I thought he was trying to protect me. Some girls, 'Oh my God, he just cares!' No, it's a sign of insecurity, it's a sign he really doesn't trust you and it's not going to lead to a good thing."

Orozco advises any teenager in an abusive relationship is to call the anonymous Domestic Violence Center Hotline at (216) 391-HELP or visit their website at www.domesticviolencecenter.org.

Other events scheduled for this week include:

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1: Kick-off RESPECT Week by attending a fundraiser (for adults only) at 87 West Wine Bar in Crocker Park from 7pm-9pm hosted by Mike and Carolyn Brown. Tickets are $35 and include appetizers, wine & beer (THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT). There will also be the chance to win some great auction items from local sports teams!

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3: Join us for a creative display of high fashion and furniture and Harrisons Furniture Store in Westlake from 7pm-9pm (Proceeds benefit DVCs 24 Hour Emergency Hotline). This event will showcase upcoming trends in both clothing and home furnishings for the new year! Presentations by Adesso, Knuths & Nicky-Nicole. Tickets are $25 and include appetizers, wine & beer.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4: Wear purple to work and school! Show support of this important cause by wearing your favorite purple accessory, shoe or clothing item!

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5: Experience Fashion Week in Cleveland at the Nordstrom Teen Fashion Presentation at Beachwood Place Mall. Teens will have the chance to view an exclusive fashion show, have their picture taken upon entering, and be escorted to their seats by St. Ignatius Football players! V.I.P Tickets are $30 and include dinner at the Nordstrom Café at 5:30pm, a Goodie Bag and preferred seating for the show! Regular Seating is $10 and the doors open at 6pm.

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February and Women History

Thanks to the National Women's History Project for this information.....

 February Highlights and Birthdays in US Women's History

Thank you to those who let us know that we had omitted two very important birthdays in our January Calendar.

Jan. 9, 1859    Carrie Chapman Catt,woman's suffrage leader and president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA)
Jan. 13, 1917  Edna Hibel, the first woman to receive the Leonardo da Vinci World Award of Arts.
Please let us know of any corrections or omissions at nwhp@nwhp.org.

A special thank you to Nancy McDonald for her website honoring the 90th Anniversary of US women winning the right to vote.  This month in honor of Black History Month, HerStory Scrapbook http://www.herstoryscrapbook.com/ features African American suffragist throughout the month of February.

February Highlights in US Women's History
Feb 24, 1912 - Henrietta Szold founds Hadassah, the world's largest and oldest women's Z ionist organization focusing on healthcare and education in the US and Israel.
Feb 15, 1921 - The Suffrage Monument, depicting Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Lucretia Mott and carved by Adelaide Johnson, is dedicated in the nation's capitol.
Feb 27, 1922 - US Supreme Court upholds the 19th Amendment to the Constitution which guarantees women the right to vote .
Feb 15, 1953 - Tenley Albright is the first American woman to win the world figure skating championship.
Feb 18, 1953 - Rachel Carson is elected to the National Institute of Arts and Letters.
Feb 12, 1962 - Eleanor Roosevelt becomes first chair of the President's Commission on the Status of Women.
Feb 6, 1973 - Government Printing Office rules that the prefix "Ms." is acceptable optional identifying label in government publications.
Feb 9, 1973 - First convention of National Women's Political Caucus meets in Houston, TX.
Feb 1, 1978 - First postage stamp to honor a black woman, Harriet Tubman, is issued in Washington, DC.
Feb 16, 1980 - Mary Decker breaks the indoor mile world record finishing race in 4:17:55.
Feb 21, 1980 - AFL-CIO votes to reserve 2 seats on its 35 member executive team for a woman and a member of a minority group.
Feb 4, 1987 - First National Women in Sports Day is celebrated in Washington, DC.
February Birthdays
Feb 1, 1878 (1950) - Hattie Wyatt Caraway - First woman elected to the US Senate (1932) and first woman to preside over the Senate in 1943.
Feb 3, 1821 (1910) - Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell - First woman awarded a medical degree in U.S. (1849).
Feb 3, 1874 (1946) - Gertrude Stein - Poet, author, art critic; "A rose is a rose is a rose is a rose."
Feb 4, 1913 - Rosa Parks - "Mother of Civil Rights Movement;" her arrest after refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, leads to Dr. Martin Luther King's bus boycott and eventual Supreme Court decision to integrate buses.
Feb 4, 1921 - Betty Friedan - Author, The Feminine Mystique (1963); Cofounder of National Organization for Women (NOW).
Feb 7, 1867 (1957) - Laura Ingalls Wilder - Author of beloved "Little House" books.
Feb 9, 1944 - Alice Walker - First African American woman to win Pulitzer Prize for fiction, The Color Purple (1983) .
Feb 10, 1927 - Leontyne Price - First international American opera star .
Feb 13, 1906 (1990) - Pauline Frederick - First woman network radio and TV correspondent (1939).
Feb 15, 1820 (1906) - Susan B. Anthony - Leader of 19th century women's right movement; strategist; lecturer.
Feb 16, 1870 (1927) - Leonora O'Reilly - Labor organizer; founding member of Woman's Trade Union League; helped found NAACP.
Feb 18, 1931 - Toni Morrison - Pulitzer Prize winning novelist; first African-American to win Nobel Prize for Literature (1993).
 Feb 21, 1855 (1902 Alice Freeman Palmer - Educator; Founded American Assn. of University Women (AAUW) in 1882.
Feb 22, 1876 (1938) - Gertrude Bonnin (Zitkala-Sa) - Writer; Sioux Indian activist; founded National Council of American Indians (1926).
Feb 22, 1892 (1950) - Edna St. Vincent Millay - First woman to receive Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1923).
Feb 27, 1902 (1993) - Marian Anderson - Contralto; sang to 75,000 at famous Easter concert at Lincoln Memorial in 1939.

Please feel free to use this information in any of your newsletters or forward it to colleagues or other interested parties.  A year-round women's history calendar is available on our website www.nwhp.org in the News and Events category.

National Women's History Project
3440 Airway Dr., Ste F
Santa Rosa, CA 95403
http://www.nwhp.org
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nwhp@nwhp.org

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Message from Joe Biden on Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month- February 2010

 Vice President Joe Biden, author of the landmark 1994 Violence Against Women Act, on Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month:

"After fifteen years of working to end domestic violence, we have learned that teens are not immune from abuse in relationships.  Teen dating violence is all too common, and ends up leading to vicious and unhealthy cycles for years to come. Our responsibility - as parents, teachers, mentors, and community leaders - is to guide our young people towards respectful relationships free from harassment and abuse; teach them that it's ok to walk away from a bad situation; and encourage them to speak out when they see a friend in trouble.  In many communities, teens themselves are leading the way in organizing their schools and communities to stand against violence. I commend them."

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It's Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month!

It's Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month!

It's officially Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month. Join Break the Cycle in preventing abuse by participating in the Have a Heart Campaign!

HOPE with All Your Heart

We are hosting our first-ever membership drive for HOPE, a group dedicated to ending violence all year long. Join now and get heart stickers as a special bonus to wear on your sleeve and raise awareness against abuse.

National Announcement

Break the Cycle is partnering with Mary Kay Inc., the National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline, the US Department of Education and schools across the nation. Together, we are hosting a National School Announcement on February 10th to raise awareness about dating violence.

The first 100 schools to register will receive a free abuse prevention package, courtesy of Mary Kay Inc.

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It's Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month!

It's Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month!

It's officially Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month. Join Break the Cycle in preventing abuse by participating in the Have a Heart Campaign!

HOPE with All Your Heart

We are hosting our first-ever membership drive for HOPE, a group dedicated to ending violence all year long. Join now and get heart stickers as a special bonus to wear on your sleeve and raise awareness against abuse.

National Announcement

Break the Cycle is partnering with Mary Kay Inc., the National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline, the US Department of Education and schools across the nation. Together, we are hosting a National School Announcement on February 10th to raise awareness about dating violence.

The first 100 schools to register will receive a free abuse prevention package, courtesy of Mary Kay Inc.

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Groundbreaking Study Finds that Many Victims Of Partner Violence Experience Reproductive Coercion

Under-Recognized Form of Domestic, Dating Abuse Puts Women at Risk for Unintended Pregnancies
 
SAN FRANCISCO - A new study sheds light on a little-recognized form of abuse in which men use coercion and birth control sabotage to cause their partners to become pregnant against their wills.  The study, published in the January issue ofContraception, finds this kind of reproductive control to be especially common in relationships in which women experience physical or sexual partner violence.
 
"Pregnancy Coercion, Intimate Partner Violence and Unintended Pregnancy" is the first quantitative examination of the relationship between intimate partner violence, reproductive coercion and unintended pregnancy.  It finds that young women and teenage girls often face efforts by male partners to sabotage their birth control or coerce or pressure them to become pregnant - including by damaging condoms and destroying contraceptives.  These behaviors, defined as "reproductive coercion," are often associated with physical or sexual violence.  Conducted by researchers at the University of California Davis School of Medicine and the Harvard School of Pubic Health, the study also finds that among women who experienced both reproductive coercion and partner violence, the risk of unintended pregnancy doubled.
 
From August 2008 to March 2009, researchers worked at five reproductive health clinics in Northern California, querying some 1,300 English- and Spanish-speaking 16- to 29-year-old women who agreed to respond to a survey about their experiences.  They were asked about birth-control sabotage, pregnancy coercion and intimate partner violence.  Approximately one in five young women said they experienced pregnancy coercion and 15 percent said they experienced birth control sabotage.  Fifty-three percent of respondents said they had experienced physical or sexual violence from an intimate partner.  Thirty-five percent of the women who reported partner violence also reported either pregnancy coercion or birth control sabotage.
 
"Those of us who work to stop dating, domestic and sexual violence have long known that many victims face threats, verbal demands and physical violence designed to interfere with their efforts to use birth control," said Family Violence Prevention Fund President Esta Soler.  "It is a big part of the reason that women in abusive relationships are at higher risk for unintended pregnancy.  This very important study underscores the link between violence and abuse and unintended pregnancy - and the need for providers at reproductive clinics to screen female patients for violence, as well as for pregnancy coercion and birth control sabotage.  If we are serious about reducing unintended pregnancy in this country, we have to do more to stop violence and abuse, and help victims."
 
"This study highlights an under-recognized phenomenon where male partners actively attempt to promote pregnancy against the will of their female partners," said lead study author Elizabeth Miller, an assistant professor of pediatrics in the UC Davis School of Medicine and a practitioner at UC Davis Children's Hospital. "Not only is reproductive coercion associated with violence from male partners, but when women report experiencing both reproductive coercion and partner violence, the risk for unintended pregnancy increases significantly."
 
"We have known about the association between partner violence and unintended pregnancy for many years," said Jay Silverman, the study's senior author and an associate professor of society, human development and health in the Harvard School of Public Health. "What this study shows is that reproductive coercion likely explains why unintended pregnancies are far more common among abused women and teens."
 
Rebecca Levenson, a Senior Policy Analyst in the FVPF's Health Unit, is a co-author of the new study.  It was conducted in collaboration with the FVPF and the Planned Parenthood Shasta Diablo Affiliate.
 
The FVPF's KnowMoreSayMore initiative is creating a dialogue about birth control sabotage and reproductive coercion, which can result in unintended pregnancy, HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted infections, miscarriage, infertility, coerced abortion, poor birth outcomes including preterm birth and low birth-weight babies, and other serious health problems.  Its website, www.KnowMoreSayMore.org, features the stories of women who share their experiences with birth control sabotage and reproductive coercion.
 
 
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The Family Violence Prevention Fund works to end violence against women and children around the world, because every person has the right to live free of violence. More information is available at www.endabuse.org.  The FVPF's ‘Know More, Say More' initiative, which examines the consequences of reproductive coercion and violence, is online atwww.KnowMoreSayMore.org.

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Charlie Rodríguez presenció crimen en Colombia

Incidente de violencia doméstica involucró a la hermana de su novia

Por Frances Rosario

El ex presidente del Senado, Charlie Rodríguez, es el testigo estrella de un asesinato de violencia doméstica ocurrido en Barranquilla, Colombia, en la madrugada del primero de enero.

El crimen ha conmocionado a los colombianos, debido a que involucró a una famosa diseñadora del país suramericano, Clarena Acosta, de 43 años, y al empresario Samuel Viñas, de 46. Pero, sobre todo, porque la fiscalía dejó libre al hombre a pesar de que confesó el homicidio.

Los medios de comunicación colombianos señalan que Rodríguez, quien es abogado y asesor legislativo del presidente senatorial, Thomas Rivera Schatz, pasó la despedida de año en la casa de la familia Viñas-Acosta, debido a que es novio de la hermana de la infortunada, Liliana Acosta.

El ex presidente del Senado estuvo casado con la actual directora de la oficina presidencial del Senado, Kathy Erazo. Estos se divorciaron poco después de que no prevaleciera en su intento por convertirse en candidato a comisionado residente en Washington por el Partido Nuevo Progresista en el 2008.

¿Considera que el racismo fue la razón por la que Roberto Alomar no haya sido elegido para el Salón de la Fama? Sí No En una entrevista emitida en la emisora Radio Isla, Rodríguez señaló que el asesino confeso le comentó que su ex esposa le era infiel. Dijo que luego lo invitó a la habitación matrimonial para que fuera testigo de lo que ocurriría.

“Comienza a decir lo mismo que me dijo a mí, pero un poquito más incoherente. Se notaba tranquilo, pero a medida que iba hablando se iba agitando. Cuando yo tengo la cabeza baja y subo la cabeza, ya había sacado el arma de fuego. Él la saca y dice: ‘esto se va a acabar ahora'. Su hija Laura se lanza contra su madre. Él está diciendo improperios en estos momentos. Se acerca a su hija, le dice cosas bien feas a su hija, la jala, y encañona a su propia hija y le pide que salga. Su hija está despavorida gritando. Y yo estoy diciendo: ‘no, así no’. Él con su arma le da a Clarena en el rostro y coge y me saca a mí del cuarto”, relató.

Por su parte, la novia de Rodríguez sostuvo en una entrevista radial con la emisora colombiana W Radio que “esto es algo que no podemos asimilar, porque no es justo”.

Acosta señaló que la pareja estaba separada. Sin embargo, su hermana invitó a su ex esposo a que los acompañara a las actividades de fin de año para que pudiera compartir con sus tres hijos, Samuel David, Felipe y Laura, quienes estaban en la casa cuando ocurrió el crimen.

Según detalló el periódico El Tiempo de Colombia, fue cerca de la 1:30 de la madrugada del 1 de enero, cuando el empresario, quien había tomado bebidas alcóholicas, comenzó a explicar en tono agresivo que tenía en su poder las pruebas que confirmaban que su ex mujer tenía planes de viajar a Italia para encontrarse allí con un supuesto nuevo romance.

Luego de una acalorada discusión en la habitación principal, Viñas dio la orden a sus tres hijos, de entre 12 a 20 años, y al ex presidente del Senado de que los dejaran solos.

A los cinco minutos de que la pareja estuviera sola, se escucharon tres disparos: uno que fue a dar al techo y dos en la cabeza de su ex esposa, establece la nota reporteril.

La novia Rodríguez señaló a la radio que el patrón de maltratos de Viñas inició en el noviazgo. Se dijo que la pareja estuvo casada por 21 años.

“El maltrato de él era como muy discreto”, dijo Acosta.

La situación la dejó constatar Rodríguez en su declaración, en la que se alega también que había antecedentes de que Viñas quería asesinar a Clarena, ya que otras personas lo habían dicho en la familia.

Los medios electrónicos establecen que el fiscal Edilberto Corredor Ropero ordenó dejar en libertad a Viñas, a pesar de su declaración de culpa. No obstante, el pasado martes un juez ordenó su ingreso a prisión a la espera de que un Juez de conocimiento defina en menos de 60 días la audiencia en la que la Fiscalía aportará las pruebas acusadoras.

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