Hema Sarang-Sieminski Named Next Executive Director of Jane Doe Inc.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Harry Shipps, harry@ninetywest.com Hema Sarang-Sieminski Named Next Executive Director of Jane Doe Inc. Boston, July 31 – Today, Jane Doe Inc. (JDI), the Massachusetts Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence, announced...
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey Signs Coercive Control Bill Into Law
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,...
Massachusetts lawmakers unanimously vote to criminalize revenge porn
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...
Massachusetts on verge of becoming second-to-last state to outlaw ‘revenge porn’
BY STEVE LEBLANC Updated 6:47 PM EDT, June 13, 2024 BOSTON (AP) — A bill aimed at outlawing “revenge porn” has been approved by lawmakers in the Massachusetts House and Senate and shipped to Democratic Gov. Maura Healey, a move advocates say was long overdue. If...
Huntington News: State legislature to consider bill protecting victims of revenge porn
By Alyssa Enright, news correspondent May 4, 2024 The exterior of the Massachusetts State House. Bill H.4241 was introduced during this year’s state legislative session. Photo by Harriet Rovniak. Massachusetts is currently one of two states without any protections for...
Single homeless women in Massachusetts are invisible while facing overlapping challenges
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
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 clear...
Jane Doe Inc. Statement on the Senate Passage of An Act to Prevent Abuse and Exploitation
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 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
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 –...