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 | Jul 31, 2024 | Press Release, What's New
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...
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...
by jdi-admin | Jun 13, 2024 | Media Coverage
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...
by jdi-admin | May 4, 2024 | Media Coverage
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 –...
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...
