Domestic Violence History
New Hampshire Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence History
In 1977 The New Hampshire Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, which will be referred throughout this paper as NHCADSV was one of only two programs working in the state against rape and sexual assaults. However there were also three separate programs that worked to assist battered women. When the NHCADSV was formed there were no laws in New Hampshire that offered protection for domestic violence victims or funding of any kind from the state. That being said, when a woman was raped, she was forced to pay for her own medical exam, which collected the evidence to prosecute her attacker. The state now pays for the medical examinations of rape victims. Getting back to how the NHCADSV was formed, in 1977 a group of woman from across New Hampshire gathered together to address the major issues of domestic violence, which formed the New Hampshire Coalition on Battered Women. Now the NHCADSV has created safe communities through advocacy, prevention, and empowerment for victims affected by sexual assaults, domestic violence, and stalking. There are currently fourteen …show more content…
Three women are murdered every day by a former male partner in the United States, 38,028,000 women have experienced physical intimate partner violence in their lifetime, women with disabilities are 40% more likely to be abused and to experience intimate partner violence, every 20 minutes people are victims of intimate partner violence, 18,000 women have been killed by men in domestic violence disputes since 2003, 1 in 7 men will be severe victims of domestic violence by an intimate partner in their lifetime, 40-45% of women in physically abusive relationships who are raped and or assaulted during the relationship. Every nine seconds a woman is beaten in the United States (Vagianos, A.
In 1977 The New Hampshire Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, which will be referred throughout this paper as NHCADSV was one of only two programs working in the state against rape and sexual assaults. However there were also three separate programs that worked to assist battered women. When the NHCADSV was formed there were no laws in New Hampshire that offered protection for domestic violence victims or funding of any kind from the state. That being said, when a woman was raped, she was forced to pay for her own medical exam, which collected the evidence to prosecute her attacker. The state now pays for the medical examinations of rape victims. Getting back to how the NHCADSV was formed, in 1977 a group of woman from across New Hampshire gathered together to address the major issues of domestic violence, which formed the New Hampshire Coalition on Battered Women. Now the NHCADSV has created safe communities through advocacy, prevention, and empowerment for victims affected by sexual assaults, domestic violence, and stalking. There are currently fourteen …show more content…
Three women are murdered every day by a former male partner in the United States, 38,028,000 women have experienced physical intimate partner violence in their lifetime, women with disabilities are 40% more likely to be abused and to experience intimate partner violence, every 20 minutes people are victims of intimate partner violence, 18,000 women have been killed by men in domestic violence disputes since 2003, 1 in 7 men will be severe victims of domestic violence by an intimate partner in their lifetime, 40-45% of women in physically abusive relationships who are raped and or assaulted during the relationship. Every nine seconds a woman is beaten in the United States (Vagianos, A.