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The media is a powerful player in shaping the public’s understanding of the causes, prevalence, and solutions to gender-based violence. Domestic and sexual violence, stalking, sexual harassment, human trafficking and other forms of abuse thrive on silence. In turn, engaging the media and advocating for thorough and accurate reporting is a critical function at the Coalition. JDI’s reputation as a solid source for commentary and analysis results in frequent contact and a strong relationship with the media. We also connect the media with local programs for on the ground perspectives and expertise.
JDI News Coverage
Don’t blame domestic violence victims in child welfare cases
DCF should be guided by best practices. Boston Globe Editorial Board September 20, 2023 It is one of the toughest challenges in the difficult field of child welfare — protecting children in homes where there is domestic violence while not punishing a non-abusive...
25 In-Depth: Advocates hopeful Mass. will finally criminalize nonconsensual porn
Kerry Kavanaugh and Marina Villeneuve Wed, July 12, 2023 Alex Hagerty said he remembers the day he got messages from strangers about sexually explicit videos they found of him on a popular social media website. Immediately, he said he put the pieces together – he...
Column: Domestic violence isn’t just a ‘family matter.’ It’s ‘community violence.’
The Supreme Court is set to hear a case about abusers and guns. It’s urgent to change the reductive narrative about intimate partner violence. By Renée Graham Globe Columnist On July 4, Scott Swale broke into Tatiana Tavares’s Raynham home. He fatally shot her as she...
In ‘historic’ moment, MCI-Framingham prisoners testify live at moratorium hearing
By Sarah Betancourt June 27, 2023 A group of 20 women incarcerated at MCI-Framingham testified live on Zoom at a hearing on Monday — for the first time in legislative history. Clad in green uniforms, each woman sat in front of a camera in a white room and spoke in...
Column: What does a predator look like? Not what the haters want you to think.
By Yvonne Abraham Globe Columnist, What does a predator look like? The question has long been crucial for the cynics who fuel America’s culture wars, leveraging fear to win votes. It is also crucial to those of us who genuinely want to confront the scourge of...
Proposed task force would address Mass. domestic violence records law found to shield abusers
May 30, 2023 by Ally Jarmanning State legislators are looking to make changes to a Massachusetts law that keeps secret all police records of domestic and sexual violence, after a WBUR investigation revealed the statute designed to protect victims has instead shielded...
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