Sentences with phrase «including victims of abuse»

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«My office will continue to fight for victims» best interests throughout the bankruptcy proceedings, and engage with all parties, including The Weinstein Company and Lantern, in an ongoing effort to advance the principles we set forward when we filed our complaint: ensuring that victims are compensated, employees are protected moving forward, and perpetrators and enablers of abuse are not unjustly enriched,» he said.

I have forgiven in spite of what some have said about that being victim silencing and supporting abuse including forgiving how you have made me feel.

DeSalvo, whose previous work includes an edition of an early version of one of Virginia Woolf's novels and a collection of letters from Vita Sackville - West to Woolf, argues that other biographers of Woolf (particularly Quentin Bell) have glossed over the formative traumas of her early life, dismissing them as unimportant and in effect blaming the victim for the abuse she suffered.

The first members of the commission were named in March 2014, including Marie Collins, an Irish survivor of abuse and advocate for victims.

Metaphors for God include those of governance: the righteous judge committed to just rule and opposed to exploitation; the noble king who rules wisely and righteously in undoing the wiles of the wicked and protecting the innocent and victims from abuse; the loving father who cares for and yet holds Israel accountable; and the warrior who implements a rule that is both just and compassionate.

The definition of child sexual abuse does not include abuse of an adult by an adult (even if the victim is developmentally delayed), or other types of child maltreatment.

The Department for Communities and Local Government said it was preparing a response to the Jay report, which noted that many children who were forced to watch abuse taking place were not included in the list of 1,400 direct victims.

Also from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., New Yorkers Against Hidden Predators, an organization of advocates and sex abuse survivors from across New York, will be at the state Capitol, urging Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan and Senate Republicans to include the Child Victims Act in the state's budget.

The plan left out some long - sought measures advocates had pushed for, including ethics laws and new spending oversight, an extension of the statute of limitations for child sex - abuse victims and more traffic - safety cameras.

Republican gubernatorial hopeful Marc Molinaro called on Cuomo to apply the «Vance Standard» to the employees of the state Division of Criminal Justice Services who allegedly suffered abuse from a top official — including two women who claim they were victims of reprisal by the agency itself.

At 11 a.m., state Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins, Sen. Brad Hoylman, Assemblywoman Rosenthal and survivors of child sexual abuse will demand the final state budget include the Child Victims Act, outside the Senate chamber, 3rd Floor, state Capitol, Albany.

On Friday, supporters of the Child Victims Act pointed to the latest reports of child sexual abuse in New York, including allegations from the Emma Willard School in Troy and a children's camp on Long Island.

In lower Manhattan on Tuesday, the day before Cuomo's scheduled State of the State address, Vance stood with other elected officials, advocates and survivors of child sex abuse in front of the «Fearless Girl» statue at Bowling Green, calling on the Governor to include the Child Victims Act (CVA) in his 2018 budget.

Advocates have been targeting Republican senators in their districts, including Amedore, warning constituents of the lack of recourse for victims of childhood abuse, which they say allows predators to continue preying on children.

Control of the Senate, too, would ease the way for Democratic bills currently blocked by the GOP, including ones to increase firearm restrictions, allow early voting, authorize state financial aid to students who entered the country illegally as children, and extend the statute of limitations on child molestation to allow victims to sue for decades - old abuse.

Sample topics include: the dynamics of domestic violence,; dating violence; child abuse identification and reporting; and therapeutic issues for victims of child abuse and child witnesses of domestic violence.

The teen soldier was the alleged victim of racial taunts, including being called «gook,» «chink,» and «dragon lady,» and subjected to daily physical abuse by fellow soldiers, who pelted him with rocks and ordered him to give instructions in Chinese, advocates said at last week's hearing.

Cuomo's budget calls for passage of the long - stalled Child Victims Act, a measure that would make it easier for victims of child sex abuse to sue perpetrators and institutions, including the Catholic Victims Act, a measure that would make it easier for victims of child sex abuse to sue perpetrators and institutions, including the Catholic victims of child sex abuse to sue perpetrators and institutions, including the Catholic Church.

There are a number of nonspending items tied to the budget, including the Child Victims Act, to give victims of childhood sexual abuse greater access to the courts, and the Dream Act, which would qualify children of undocumented immigrants for colleVictims Act, to give victims of childhood sexual abuse greater access to the courts, and the Dream Act, which would qualify children of undocumented immigrants for collevictims of childhood sexual abuse greater access to the courts, and the Dream Act, which would qualify children of undocumented immigrants for college aid.

Several items that Cuomo had tied to the budget are not currently in the spending plan, including bail reform, the Child Victims Act for survivors of childhood sexual abuse and the Dream Act to provide college aid for children of undocumented immigrants.

Democrats hoped that if Felder decided to go back to their party that might mean that a number of progressive measures could be approved in New York this session, including, early voting, the child victims act to allow survivors of childhood sexual abuse their day in court, and campaign finance reform.

«Strong and united women leaders are a force and together we will bring important pro-women reforms that Senate Republicans have blocked for too long, including protecting women's access to health care and fighting for victims of sexual abuse and harassment.

Several high - profile proposals appear to losing momentum, including Cuomo's call to allow advance voting and the Child Victims Act, a measure that would extend the statute of limitations on child molestation and allow victims to sue over decades - old abuse allegVictims Act, a measure that would extend the statute of limitations on child molestation and allow victims to sue over decades - old abuse allegvictims to sue over decades - old abuse allegations.

WHITE PLAINS, NY — The Westchester County Board of Legislators (BOL) and County Executive Rob Astorino have teamed up to deliver funding that would provide enhanced training to municipal law enforcement agencies to help them address elder abuse, neglect and exploitation including sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence or stalking, involving victims who are 50 years of age or older.

A final state budget deal went forward on Friday without including the Child Victims Act, legislation that would have expanded the statute of limitations in child sexual abuse cases and created a «look back» period for victims to file lawsuits in cases of abuse from yeaVictims Act, legislation that would have expanded the statute of limitations in child sexual abuse cases and created a «look back» period for victims to file lawsuits in cases of abuse from yeavictims to file lawsuits in cases of abuse from years ago.

The grand jury, which met for two months, reviewed thousands of pages of documents and heard testimony from 21 witnesses — including eight sexual abuse victims — did not hand down indictments, name pedophile priests or identify parishes where abuse took place due to the constraints of the law.

Such legislation includes a bill to make it easier for child sex abuse victims to seek justice as adults, creation of a state DREAM Act to provide state tuition assistance to the college kids of undocumented immigrants and measures to strengthen the state's abortion laws, the Cuomo aide said.

Meanwhile, Catholic bishops have spent on average $ 300,000 a year lobbying lawmakers in New York on a variety of topics, including against passage of the Child Victims Act, which would change the statute of limitations on civil and criminal cases of child sexual abuse and allow victims a one - year window to sue over potentially decades - old allegVictims Act, which would change the statute of limitations on civil and criminal cases of child sexual abuse and allow victims a one - year window to sue over potentially decades - old allegvictims a one - year window to sue over potentially decades - old allegations.

Democrats had hoped that if Felder decided to go back to their party that might mean that a number of progressive measures could be approved in New York this session, including, early voting, the child victims act to allow survivors of childhood sexual abuse their day in court, and campaign finance reform.

While his statement did not mention Dolan by name, it came one day after the cardinal met with him to argue against a lookback provision being included in the Child Victims Act, which would extend the statute of limitations on criminal and civil child sex abuse cases.

The budget did not include voting reforms such as early voting or the Child Victims Act, which would extend the statute of limitations in child sexual abuse cases.

First under former District Attorney Liz Holtzman, then with Joe Hynes, she worked in the Special Victims Unit on some of the most horrific cases including child abuse and domestic violence.

Victims also come from all backgrounds — affluent and educated communities included, says Allison Bressler, a co-founder of A Partnership for Change, a nonprofit dedicated to ending family abuse and intimate partner violence.

Yet, despite increased global attention to violence perpetrated against women and girls, and recent advances in knowledge about how to tackle these abuses (Paper 1, Paper 3), levels of violence against women — including intimate partner violence, rape, female genital mutilation, trafficking, and forced marriages — remain unacceptably high, with serious consequences for victims» physical and mental health.

That includes American - football players as well as rugby, football (soccer) and hockey players, boxers, wrestlers, soldiers, victims of physical abuse and «head bangers» at rock concerts.

In addition to these familiar diseases, they also discuss how designer DNA drugs may help those suffering from chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a neurodegenerative disease affecting individuals with a history of repeated head injury, including athletes, military personnel, and domestic abuse victims.

Actors such as Meryl Streep, Michelle Williams, and Emma Watson further expressed their support for the victims of abuse by choosing to bring various gender and racial justice activists as their dates, including Tarana Burke, the founder of the #MeToo movement, and Ai - jen Poo, the director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance.

Once Lovelace becomes a star, however, the film jumps ahead (six years, to a polygraph test regarding claims in Ordeal) and then back again, replaying the events up to and including Deep Throat from an altogether less jovial perspective, in which Linda is the victim of physical abuse and threats of violence.

Notable supporting players include Mitchell Garabedian (Stanley Tucci), an attorney in behalf of abuse victims, Eric Macleish (Billy Crudup), an attorney in behalf of the Catholic Church, and Jim Sullivan (Jamey Sheridan), another church attorney who is also a personal friend of Robby Robinson.

Some other fake assault claims even went as far as to include photos of victims of domestic abuse under the guise that the bruises and black eyes in the photos were actually attained from violent «Black Panther» fans.

It is, say researchers for CASEL and GLSEN, a physical or psychological torment that includes verbal or physical harassment, social exclusion, and other instances of abuse that create an unsafe atmosphere at school for victims, bystanders, and sometimes perpetrators.

Drawing inspiration from dozens of interviews conducted over the course of a two - year period, Lawrence - Lightfoot focuses on the experiences of 11 individuals in particular, including an Iranian teenager forced to flee political strife and come to America alone, a middle - aged gay man and his coming out, a bullied child whose parents take him out of school, and a psychotherapist who guides abuse victims in an effort to finally «terminate» therapy.

The health education curriculum for students in grades 7 through 12 shall include a teen dating violence and abuse component that includes, but is not limited to, the definition of dating violence and abuse, the warning signs of dating violence and abusive behavior, the characteristics of healthy relationships, measures to prevent and stop dating violence and abuse, and community resources available to victims of dating violence and abuse.

Unfortunately, I also feel compelled to point out that many women's rights advocates are also horrible bigots who trivialize or even laugh at male victims of sexual abuse, despite men being on the receiving end of an estimated 40 % of domestic violence, and outnumbering women in rape statistics if prison rapes are included.

We came to aid of other neglected and abused animals of many different species, including victims of the cruel exotics industry.

These include showing a film (Racing Extinction or Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret) and hosting a speaker from Harbor House, a shelter for victims of domestic violence and their companion animals, to speak about the link between domestic violence and animal abuse.

Learn more about these pet - retention focused shelter programs, including our low - cost rabies vaccination clinics, and our PetHaven program to help victims of domestic abuse.

Today, Dwayne's medical team, which includes professionals from both Helen Woodward Animal Center's Companion Animal Hospital and the California Veterinary Specialists, has determined that there may be an even better course of treatment for the lovable pup who had been a victim of extreme abuse.

The sometimes hundreds of dog or cat victims of a single hoarder generally show signs of abuse such as severe malnutrition, untreated medical conditions including open sores, cancers, and advanced dental and eye diseases, and severe psychological distress.

The Elephant Nature Park is a sanctuary for 37 rescued elephants including those that are disabled, blind, orphaned or the victim of abuse.