Sexual violence

The federal government has launched a $40 million campaign to reduce sexual violence by teaching adults about consent.

Kingsley Arnold Pickett was 14 when he caused the crash that killed Margaret Blurton and her one-year-old son Shane on Boxing Day in 1991.

Around 45 percent of users encountered abusive and threatening language, while 18.8 percent were subject to non-consensual distribution of nude images.

In nearly two years since New York colleges were told to adopt policies defining consensual sex and rights of rape victims, the number of schools under federal investigation for handling of sexual violence increased from four to 25.

In 2014, New Hampshire enacted a law that expressly created a domestic violence charge to cover cases of abuse involving intimate partners.

Catchy phrases like “No means no” and “If you don’t get it then you don’t get it” flashed across a large screen at the Emergency Services auditorium in Goshen, along with pictures of members of government and law enforcement holding signs with written statements about sexual assault.

“WiseGuyz” program educates junior high boys on sexual health, positive relationships, gender and human rights.

Administrative policy may be the new pillow talk on college campuses across New York.

New York’s state university system has adopted a new definition of sexual consent that requires a clear, affirmative agreement between partners, part of a larger effort to reduce sexual violence on college campuses.

Long before rape culture became a catchphrase in the media, the University of Windsor was quietly developing a program to deal with sexual assault on campus—a rampant problem they had witnessed for years.

Sales of self-defense equipment on the Chinese internet spiked after a series of violent attacks on young women and teenagers in August.