November 8th, 2024 by Esta Soler, Founder & President
Tags: Child Abuse, Domestic Violence, sexual assault, Teen Dating Abuse
For almost 40 years, Futures Without Violence has worked to build thriving families and communities, free from violence, and filled with hope and opportunity. It is work that has and will take all of us to succeed.
It will take all of us to end domestic and sexual violence and child abuse, and to support and heal survivors. Reducing domestic violence by 60% over the past 30 years is one of the greatest public health successes of our lifetimes, and we must continue to make progress. At FUTURES, our commitment to this work has been and will be unwavering.
It will take all of us to ensure our young people build healthier relationships and can get support for the mental health challenges so many experience. Our young people are in crisis; they need all of us, whether we are parents, educators and coaches, or other caring adults, to support them. …
October 30th, 2024 by Esta Soler
The Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, better known as FVPSA, turned 40 this month.
It’s the first federal legislation ever enacted to prevent and respond to domestic violence, funding what has become our nationwide system of shelters and programs, saving lives.
Over the last four decades, FVPSA has provided close to $4 billion to help victims become survivors rather than grim statistics, and helped prevent violence and abuse from happening in the first place.
With its programs at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, FVPSA doesn’t get as much attention as its better-known legislative complement at the Department of Justice – the Violence Against Women Act – but FVPSA remains the only dedicated domestic violence funding to states, tribes, regions and local agencies.
It also supports the critical National Domestic Violence Hotline and funds prevention programs.
FUTURES was there at FVPSA’s beginning, working at the time to …
October 4th, 2024 by Moira McLaughlin, Content Producer
What do you want people to know about the work that you do?
We know that one of the biggest barriers survivors of all forms of gender-based violence face is economic security. So the work that our team does is very much looking at how to increase the economic security and mobility of survivors.
Despite the prevalence of domestic and sexual violence, about two-thirds of companies and organizations don’t have a formal workplace domestic violence prevention policy. Millions of women and men today have experienced rape, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner. And yet most employers don’t know how to respond to an employee who is experiencing violence outside the workplace.
We also want to prevent violence from happening in the first place. We know there’s a lot of unsafe jobs out there. Through our National Resource Center, we want to …
October 1st, 2024 by Moira McLaughlin
Tags: Domestic Violence, intimate partner violence, National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Teen Dating Violence
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, a time to raise awareness of the impact of domestic violence, which is experienced by more than 10 million people in the U.S. each year.
The statistics are sobering. Today, about 1 in 4 women and 1 in 7 men will experience physical violence by an intimate partner at some point during their lifetimes. Homicide by an intimate partner is the leading cause of death for pregnant women, and over half of female homicide victims are killed by a current or former male intimate partner.
Despite the widespread impact, there is some good news. Working together, we have reduced domestic violence against U.S. women by over 60 percent during the past 30 years. From healthcare responders to workplaces, advocates to policymakers – everyone has played a role. And together we can continue to be part of the solution to domestic violence. …
September 16th, 2024 by Leila Milani, FUTURES & Jules Murhula, Soccer Without Borders
Just a few weeks ago, the world was mesmerized by the near-superhuman Olympic performances of athletes from around the world. Years of dedication, hard work and training help these elite athletes build the skills and strength they need to push the limits of speed, precision, and endurance.
Unfortunately, too often their incredible abilities are not enough to protect them from sexual abuse at the hands of coaches, online harassment and abuse by misogynistic spectators, and physical abuse or even murder by intimate partners.
Uganda’s Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei is the latest casualty of the war on women and her brutal murder is a sobering reminder that even elite world athletes cannot outrun the violence chasing them. Kenya and Uganda are home to some of the world’s most elite female runners and, tragically, Cheptegei’s violent death by immolation at the hands of her ex-boyfriend is the third domestic violence-related killing of …
